In college and the world at large, friends are around to provide support and lend a helping hand.
There are, however, certain friendships to avoid. A recent CNN.com article outlined five types of friends to avoid.
The five types are drama queen, Nurse Betty, lady-hater, the critic and the leg humper.
The drama queen likes to freak out; Nurse Betty likes to help and heal; the lady-hater is always jealous; the critic criticizes no matter what; and the leg humper is always out to steal attention.
Auburn senior Lindsey Landgrebe has her own meaning of friendship which is different from the five types.
"The meaning of friendship to me is someone you can trust, someone you can rely on and someone you can talk to and not feel that you'll be judged," Landgrebe said.
Landgrebe said people who talk about other people are not likable.
"I do not like people who talk about other people behind their back," Landgrebe said. "If they are suppose to be my friend, why would they do that. I like to look at people and the way they treat other people and how they treat other people helps me determine what kind of person they are and to see what type of friend they would be."
Landgrebe had a bad experience with someone who was a drama queen.
"I had a friend that made everything a huge deal on every little thing," Landgrebe said. "From boys to class to teachers to shopping, you name it. It was just a big thing every time and it got old after a while."
Landgrebe gave her definition of a drama queen.
"Someone who takes everything completely out of context, isn't being rational and isn't thinking in the whole picture," Landgrebe said.
"Sometimes they feel like they need to step out of a situation in order to get a clear view of something and I think drama queens pulls people."
Landgrebe said friendship is important especially for college students.
"Friendship in college is very helpful because a lot of people aren't at home and they're on their own and friends are the closest thing to family," Landgrebe said. "You have a strong friendship with someone, that's your family. They can help you through all things when your family isn't there to help you."
Sophomore Elizabeth Debardeleben said the critic is hard to deal with.
"Nobody wants the things that are bad in their life to be pointed out," Debardeleben said.
Debardeleben had her own experience with a critic.
"It was tough because I felt like she was always trying to bring me down," Debardeleben said. "I just learned how to brush comments off and not let her critiques affect me."
Debardeleben said friendship has helped her fly by her first two years at Auburn.
"It's been my support group being away from home," Debardeleben said. "Leaving family, you kind of feel stranded when you first get here. It's been my family away from home."
Senior Chandler Doyle said friends help you when you need it the most.
"I like a friend that helps you, "Doyle said. "You can lay out all of your problems and they can find the silver lining and kind of uplift you a little bit."
Doyle has dealt with friends who would always try to compete with each other.
"I use to have a lot of friends that would try to one-up you," Doyle said. "I hate that."
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