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Twenty children can't play together for twenty years.

The word are true base on experience have never see twenty friends that as the privilege to play more than twenty years why because fate must have taken them away from each other, some might have even die along the way because this are something that are inevitable

Some might even be migration from one place to another we just thank God for phone calls but as we all know this call not be as sweet able like when you see because sometimes distance friend are very hard to keep

To answer the second question
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA YOU LOOK FOR BEFORE CHOOSING A FRIEND OR BEFORE CONSIDERING SOMEONE AS A FRIEND?

Take a genuine interest in others: firstly you will makesure you mind is really the same with that person what did I mean by this ensure that you don't have any doubt in your mind make friend with such person

Be a giver, not a taker.: also ensure that the person is not after what you have because a friend will only surface only when you have and when thing went other way ran their disappeared that is were the true friend come up friend that will stand for you even when you have nothing

Be loyal. ... Loyalty is part of it as it is normally said that show me your friend and I will tell you who you are when you don't choose a friend that is loyal their will definitely teach you bad thing and this will affect you relationship with others

Be a positive person. ... This is one of the important part to also note,so friends we have now a days are not in anyway have positive mind with us, the truth is that if you success their will celebrate with you normally but inside of them it is evil their will be the one to spoil you at you back just because their never wanted your success and progress such type are not a really friends and should distance yourself from them.

Appreciate the differences in others: just like the above have mention a friend that will appreciate even when you are doing better than him and also celebrate well with you with true mind

Build on common interests: just like it is normally say your friend must have an impart in you either negatively or positively but the most important thing is to choose a friend that have a common interest with you I mean thesame goals so that you can both give yourself a good advice that will help each others

Be open, honest, and real: the truth is that never work with a friend that is hypocrite I mean someone that is not straight forward, a friend that will say this and you will see something different that is always the worse friends to work with but when a friend that is open, honest and real people around you will also respect you because you have making the right decision

I believe with the few point have make have able to convince you about the question looking forward to hear a response from you thanks

Igbo language :

Ị nabatara ọzọ na obodo mara mma nke ukwuu ugbu a laghachiri n'ajụjụ gị

Ụmụ iri abụọ enweghị ike ịgbakọ egwu ọnụ ruo afọ iri abụọ.

Okwu a bụ ezigbo ntọala na ahụmịhe ahụbeghị ndị enyi iri abụọ na dịka ihe ùgwù igwu egwu ihe karịrị afọ iri abụọ n'ihi na ọ ga -abụrịrị na akara aka ewepụla ibe ha, ụfọdụ nwedịrị ike ịnwụ n'ụzọ n'ihi na nke a bụ ihe a na -apụghị izere ezere

Somefọdụ nwere ike bụrụ ịkwaga site n'otu ebe gaa ebe ọzọ anyị na -ekele Chineke maka oku ekwentị mana dịka anyị niile siri mara oku a adịchaghị ụtọ dị ka mgbe ị na -ahụ n'ihi na mgbe ụfọdụ enyi dị anya na -esiri ike idobe.

Ịza ajụjụ nke abụọ
GỊNỊ BỤ AKWỤKWỌ NDỊ Ị NA -ACHỌRỌ TUPU ỊHỌRỌ enyi gị ma ọ bụ tupu i were onye ọzọ dị ka enyi?

Nwee ezi mmasị n'ebe ndị ọzọ nọ: nke mbụ, ị ga -eme ka uche gị na onye ahụ bụrụ otu ihe gịnị ka m bu n'uche na nke a hụ na ị nweghị obi abụọ ọ bụla n'uche gị mee ụdị onye ahụ enyi.

Bụrụ onye na -enye ihe, ọ bụghị onye na -ewe ihe .: hụkwa na onye ahụ anaghị emecha ihe ị nwere maka na enyi ga -adị naanị mgbe ị nwere na mgbe ihe mere n'ụzọ ọzọ gbara ọsọ furu efu ha bụ nke ahụ bụ ezi enyi na -abịa enyi nke ga -eme kwụrụ maka gị ọbụlagodi na ịnweghị ihe ọ bụla

Na -eguzosi ike n'ihe. ... Iguzosi ike n'ihe bụ akụkụ ya dịka a na -ekwukarị na igosi m enyi gị, m ga -agwa gị onye ị bụ mgbe ị họrọghị enyi na -eguzosi ike n'ihe ha ga -akụziri gị ihe ọjọọ na nke a ga -emetụta mmekọrịta gị. na ndị ọzọ

Bụrụ onye nwere echiche ziri ezi. … ihe ọjọọ ha ga -abụ onye ga -emebi gị azụ naanị n'ihi na ha achọghị ka ihe gaziere gị na ụdị ụdị gị abụghị ezigbo ndị enyi, ha kwesịrị ịwepụ onwe gị na ha.

Nwee ekele maka ndịiche dị na ndị ọzọ: dị ka nke a kpọtụrụ aha, otu enyi ga -enwe ekele ọbụlagodi mgbe ị na -eme nke ọma karịa ya wee jiri ezi uche soro gị mee ọfụma.

Mee ka ọdịmma niile pụta: dị ka ọ na -ekwukarị na enyi gị ga -enwerịrị ihe na -adịghị mma ma ọ bụ nke ọma mana ihe kacha mkpa bụ ịhọrọ enyi nwere otu mmasị na m pụtara ihe mgbaru ọsọ ahụ ka ị abụọ nwee ike inye onwe gị ezigbo ndụmọdụ ga -enyere ibe gị aka

Na -emeghe, na -akwụwa aka ọtọ, bụrụkwa eziokwu: nke bụ eziokwu bụ na gị na enyi ihu abụọ anaghị arụkọ ọrụ, m na -ekwu onye na -adịghị aga n'ihu, enyi ga -ekwu nke a, ị ga -ahụkwa ihe dị iche nke na -abụkarị ndị enyi ka njọ ka ha na ha na -arụkọ ọrụ. mana mgbe enyi mepere emepe, ndị na -akwụwa aka ọtọ na ndị nọ gị nso ga -asọpụrụ gị n'ihi na ị na -eme mkpebi ziri ezi

Ekwenyere m na isi ihe ole na ole nwere ike mee ka ị kwenye gị gbasara ajụjụ a na -atụ anya ịnụ nzaghachi n'aka gị ekele

Definitely I sincerely agreed with you on this and I will say that we all need to be very watchful always.

There's really no criteria for being my friend. I hardly have a lot of friends not because they didn't match my standard or anything but because I feel it'll save me a lot of trouble.

Humans are a hard nut to crack sometimes, if you're a teacher in a class of 100 students you'll notice that you'll end up going home every day with migraines,lol because they're a lot of personalities to work with and it's not easy.
I always like to keep my circle small because it'll less of a stress.

About the kind of people I relate with. I like smart people, smart and funny people, not the geeky kind who's always serious, we tend to relate more. I enjoy staying around real people, people who take life as it comes, people who're not negative, those who have a drive and work towards achieving their goal. There's really a lot of reasons but sometimes it's just easy to connect to some people the moment you just see them. It's like at first sight, haha.

I know I didn't answer your question really well but I just gave an insight