How many friends do you really have?

Many people are acquainted with numerous individuals through school, work, social networks and other settings but they have no "true friends" and they have never had a close, genuine encounter with another human being. Hence, they send out "friend" requests on social network sites and if they meet you, in 2 minutes they start referring to you as "my new friend," or they refer to parents and relatives as friends, when in fact they are not. This is so sad! That's why so many people are so disappointed when others hurt or abandon them...but truly, they shouldn't feel that way. They were never friends and they have no friends. In fact, even with the billions of people on the planet, many individuals go through live never making one friend, never having one friend...and they don't even know how alone they really are. Sad! Very sad indeed!