In my def, true friends are those who love and accept you just the way you are, and are there for you when you need them or just want them to be there, despite your known faults or how you change over time. They don't try to influence you or change you into something that fits their agenda or their lifestyle or their preferences or their bias... They know who you really are deep down, and they sincerely like who they know you are... not who they think you are or should be or who they want you to be.

Real friends choose each other. They aren't thrown together somehow and compelled to love and accept each other. True friendship isn't forced.

There is much trust between true friends... not a focus on how much the other owes. True friends truly understand each others' needs and wants, and they give when possible, without expecting exact change in return. They give and receive intangibles... which often outweigh the tangibles.

You cannot buy my love or true friendship through material goods. If you've given to me, I've offered something in return. If I offered, and you didn't take, I don't owe... If you expected too much or were disappointed with what I offered, that is your bad. I do not owe more than I am capable of giving. If you give me any disrespect, however, I will surely give you the disrespect that I owe you...