Infact today whenever we meet a person of our age or so, call them as Friends.
Thats not the real concept....
A friend is one who really cares about his/her friend and friends are not choosen after one meeting...LOL
But as i see that people nowadays only become friends if they have any work with me or any purpose behind which can benifit them.
Ppl are getting more materialistic and they are not your true well-wishers...so don't consider everyone as a Friend of yours.
I still have contacts with some of my friends who are in USA, Australia, Singapore and Uk but they are very close to me.We are friends since our 1st grade/class in school.
So sometimes (not always) **** "OLD IS GOLD" ****
Cheers