friendship....

We all throw the words friends and the term friendship around all the time, but does anyone really know what those terms mean? Does anyone really take those words seriously anymore?  Seriously, I have lost so many friends for so many different reasons whether it was my decision to end the friendship or not! Most people these days take friendship as a "take" only relationship, they think that they only need to be around when they need something, or when its convinent for them.  I'm sorry but that just doesn't work for me! Friendship is supposed to be a give and take, your suppose to be there for your friends when they need you, but then they need to be there for you too!! I really just dont understand how soo many people are so focused on just themselves!!  Im not saying all my friends are like this, but that is why I only spend time with a very small group of people, because I would rather have just a couple close friends who I know are truely friends and truely care about me, and friends that I can truely care about!  I'm not the type of person to give a million chances, sure I understand people make mistakes..but at the same time its kinda like the saying "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me"