Edmund Blackadder
Scooby
Fall out(big time) with a friend, you don't have family weddings, funerals, anniversaries, to see these people again, and have no apparent opportunities to reconcile these differences.
Andy, is that you?
I am teasing, I know thats not you *nor is it your real name!!!
I just had a fall out with my closest friend today and it involved another friend.
I won't bore you with details because it IS boring to all but me.
Having said that, I do disagree with you to an extent.
IF you have a solid friendship then even the biggest of disagreements, you will try to reconcile.
You might not believe me, but sometimes I can be quite difficult to get along with (shock horror) so IF an issue arises where I fall out with a friend, I make sure that IF that friendship is worth keeping, I will fight for it.
Are 'friends the new family' heck no, I don't get on with my family - why would I want a new one?
Family IS family and friend is friend, you depend on each for different things.