Friendship has always been overrated. Yes, it is true that we sometimes take the word friend for granted. And some may cross their boundaries, not knowing that they may not be considered as such. It's even more difficult to proclaim someone a friend if you don't even know them that well.
I'm blessed to have friends whom I now consider sisters. They're family! They will always be a part of my life. NO MATTER WHAT.
I am re-posting Nadia's post on friendship. Here it is:
VEIL OF FRIENDSHIP
The word "friend" is one that is slung around often in this world, but very few people seem to know what it actually means. "Friend" is not a word to play fast and loose with, nor is it a term to be hastily applied to a person you happen to be acquainted with. "Friend" is a word to be used carefully, because "friends" are to be chosen very carefully.
Whenever I tell someone that I have only a handful of friends, they're not entirely sure how to respond. It is not my wish to offend or to hurt anyone, there are a good many upstanding people...people whom I admire...who have called themselves "friends." Most of these are people who I enjoy spending time with and conversing with, but they are not friends. These people must learn to distinguish between "friendliness" and "friendship."
For I have taken the advice of the sage which clearly makes sense, "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few". And let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
A true friend is more than just an interesting person to speak with for an hour or two so as to pass the time. Rather, a friend is someone to depend on, someone to lean on, and someone who is (almost) necessary for life. Real friendship is lasting. I know people who have spoken of their "school friends" who they forgot about when they graduated and began college or a career. These people were not real friends. Friends love at all times. Friends argue, friends offer correction, friends are even sometimes (wrongly) angry at each other...and these things are all natural and to be expected in a real friendship.
True friends are open with each other, and overlook one another's faults. True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. A friend knows all about you, and still likes you. The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
I said friends are open with one another. The inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
It has been over 12 years since I met my circle of friends, and I am not only content with that, but happy for it. Old friends are the best. I miss them so much and I want to make them a part of my life every chance I get. I am fortunate to have them around eagerly interested in my new found life. I know I won’t dread the day going back home and still finding friends with open arms.->
Nadia's post <-
Really really a sad situation. Imagine children eating only rice porridge with salt, or sweet potatoes! It's not as if food is the only problem. Population is directly related to this crisis. And the government in itself. How could they manage to steal from the taxpayers?
I could never carry a bag without one in it. 
