Is there anything better than having a friend rush to your aid for something important to you that is irrelevant to him/her? What?

That certainly has to rank up there!

I think it's wonderful! I have a friend who puts my needs first. I would do it also for him. It makes me feel like he truly cares for me Rosie!:)

Sounds like progressive liberals at work!

A friend who doesn't get jealous of your successes when you have them and is genuinely happy for you... It says a lot about a person who sticks around when you are more successful than him or her and doesn't try to tear your reputation apart... and isn't around just because you have money or to be considered cool or to have fame. A friend a successful person can trust with his or her secrets and who can guard them with intensity, even if he or she is totally capable of spilling all the beans and telling the world something that can ruin the person's success or make the person look absolutely terrible. THAT is a REAL friend... Now, if the person murdered someone and you know, it is important to get the police involved. That's a different kind of secret. But I mean secrets that no one really has to know.