Not just a friend. Not just a best friend. It's much more than that.
When you list a person as a #core, you view them as being a fixture in your life; you can't imagineyour life without them. You view them as family and essentially as an extended part of yourself.
“It’s all about who you value as your core friends, the rest are just people drifting in and out of your life. They will make a difference in other people’s lives, just not ours,” she said absentmindedly.
Some one who is always there for you, no matter what. You have been through everything with them and that person loves you for who you are. You two are inseprable and would do anything in the world for them.
A friend with whom one enjoys several kinds of intimacy which are traditionally regarded outside the domain of platonic friendship, principally including that of an emotional and sexual nature. In this romantic partnership, certain boundaries, terms of commitment, and the expectation of exclusivity may be ambiguous. Therefore, to sustain an intimate friendship requires a diligent effort in using honest and deliberate communication. Also called an "IF".
My intimate friend (IF) and I talk about our feelings after we bang.
Fox and Dana are intimate friends; they maintain professional boundaries M-F and make love on weekends.