Are You a Good Friend? A Ten-Question Quiz

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Answer honestly

These ten are about what you actually do, not what you'd like to do. Pick the closest answer and see where you land.

What this measures

Habits, not feelings

Nobody thinks of themselves as a bad friend. That's not denial, it's just how memory works: you remember the time you drove four hours to help, not the three messages you never answered.

So these questions skip intentions. They ask what you did the last time it cost you something: a night's sleep, a rainy morning, a difficult sentence.

If you scored low

The fix is boring

Most low scores come from two habits: not replying, and not starting. Both are fixable in a week without any personality change.

Reply to one message you've been avoiding. Send one message to someone you haven't spoken to in a month. That's it. Reliability is a series of small, unglamorous actions, and it's noticed far more than people think.

The other side

Now let them grade you

This quiz is self-reported, which means it's the version of you that you're aware of. The interesting test is the other one: build a quiz about yourself, send it out, and see what your friends actually know.

Two different scores usually appear: how good a friend you think you are, and how well you're known. They rarely match.