A very rough scale, usually used in jest, to establish how close you are with a given individual. The friendometer is divided into two sections, acquaintances and
friends, which have more specific categories within them:
ACQUAINTANCES
Weak Acquaintance - someone you know by name, and
will say hello to
Strong Acquaintance - same as above, may have brief conversation.
Friends-of-
friends and
friends-by-association usually fall into this category
FRIENDS
Weak friend - can have brief, meaningful conversation with, but see rarely. Some friends-by-association can be this.
Friend - the average, you can hang out with this person and have normal, graceful conversation.
Good friend - someone who you chill with a lot and have meaningful conversation
Close friend - someone who you always want to hang out with and can tell almost anything to
Best friend - someone who you would sacrifice a lot for, who you admire and love deeply, and to whom you can tell anything about your life; usually you have 5 or 6 best friends in the whole world, including family members
The friendometer is helpful when trying to assess one'
s closeness to
someone, but obviously like all scales cannot completely describe the way the
world operates.