"Friends are joys doubled, and sorrows halved." An old saying, but I learned

[niyad]

recently that many people are not familiar with it, so I thought that I would share. DU exemplifies it perfectly.

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. Wonderful. Here's a variation, same meaning:

A joy shared becomes two joys; a sorrow shared becomes half a sorrow.

A friend taught me this in 1980. You are the only person to mention this, in my experience, since then.

Thank you.

[niyad]

2. You are most welcome.

[malthaussen]

3. I coined a variant: "Pleasure shared is pleasure squared." n/t

[niyad]

4. I like that!

[malthaussen]

12. It rhymes and all. :) n/t

[niyad]

5. . . .

[Harker]

6. I kept my late mom's fridge magnet...

which reads, "friendship doubles our joys and divides our sorrows."

She was always my best friend... ❤️

I'm so glad you posted that. Thanks!

[niyad]

9. You are most welcome.

[Aristus]

7. One that I always liked:

"A friend is someone who knows everything about you, but likes you anyway..."

[niyad]

8. I have always liked that one. It is so true.

[LanternWaste]

10. I'm lucky that I've known my best friends since 1983.

Not only do we keep in touch, we still get hang out on a regular basis. And the saying you shared with us is one I often feel, if not having actually ever said it as such. Marriages and births, divorces and bankruptcies... we've held the other's hands when asked for (and sometimes when not asked for).

[niyad]

11. We who are blessed with amazing friends know the tremendous gift that they are.