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An MSN Messenger study of the friendship patterns of 10,000 persons among the UK population cites some interesting statistics:

• Brits collect an average of 396 friends each over their lifetime.
• People wind up staying in touch with about 1 out of 12 of the friends they make.
• The average number of friends they maintain is 33.
• Only a fifth of the keepers are close friends.
• Ironically, people spend more time with social friends than close friends.
• Women see their social friends every 3.5 days while they see their close friends only six times a year.
• Two-thirds of those surveyed call the attrition of friends one of their “biggest regrets in life”