More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what they expected 1friends, what they were tilling to give in 2,and how satisfied they were with the quality of their friendships.Friendship 3to be a unique form of human bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties that 4parent and children, it is not defined or regulated by law. Unlike other social roles that we are expected to 5-- as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and other organizations -- it has its own principle, which is to promote 6of warmth, trust, love, and affection between two people.The survey on friendship appeared in the March issue of Psychology Today. The findings 7that issues of trust and betrayal are 8to friendship. They also suggest that our readers do not look for friends only among those who are most like them, but find many 9differ in race, religion, and ethnic background. Arguably the most important conclusion that emerges from the data, 10,is not something that we found -- but what we did not.