I have a bunch of truly amazing friendships I cherish more than almost anything in the world. My friends are people I would do anything for and value beyond belief. I don't think there are ever going to be words to describe just how much I love my friends.

We don't have to talk every day to be friends, though.

Before I even say anything else, I just want to clarify something: Don't get this confused with simply not putting in effort whatsoever and then later trying to be friends.

I'm not saying to never talk to your friends and then expect them to think you're the best friend ever. Not even in the same ballpark of what I'm saying. That's a whole different issue that we can discuss some other time.

I am saying that sometimes it's not necessary to converse with people every day. Especially in a world now where we have these mobile devices which give us instant access to pretty much everyone and everything all the time, people confuse that with HAVING to be in constant communication with others.

And then when people aren't in constant communication, there's sometimes this misconception that it's equivalent to there being a lack of effort or caring.

That is not the case at all, and we need to destroy this idea because quite frankly, it's gotten ridiculous.

Again, not saying to never talk to your friends. And sometimes there are friendships where it just so happens that you do talk more frequently. But, that does not at all mean that the other friendships where you don't talk as much are any less valid, strong, or meaningful.

The effort is not always synonymous with the number of times you talk to someone. I could engage in small talk with someone all day every day and still not really have a meaningful conversation. Or, I could instead talk to that same person once every couple of days, and really talk to them. I mean really talk to them, be fully present in the conversation, you know what I mean.

It really depends on the friendship and who the people are, as for how much you're going to talk, so stop generalizing every friendship and assuming one size fits all. It doesn't.

I love my friends I talk to almost daily, and I love my friends I talk to once a week. I don't love any of them more than the other, and I value them all. We definitely do not have to talk every day to be friends.