I never understood how someone could give up their friend for a boyfriend or how someone could give up their best friend because their friends with their ex boyfriend are we lacking the true meaning of a friendship? because if there was any value behind the meaning of a friend then how can you give them up like you're dropping trash a friend is defined as noun 1. a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection if we had such a true bond then how can you be okay without me?