If you have a friend they can bring you a cookie or a beer and a hug once in a while. The flip side will require you to give your friend a cookie or a beer and a hug and least as often. That is friendship in a nutshell. Friends must not be ignored nor must you wait for your friend to ask you for a cookie, beer or a hug. Just give all that you hope to receive in return. I think it was once said that you should "Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you."