Do you really need to have any friends? would it be better to have no friends at all? I sure hope not… There are many great reasons to have friends in your life! Due to the research of some awesome Australian scientists, it looks like having friends helps keep you alive longer! They found that with older Australians, a strong network of friends increased their chances of survival and living longer lives, even more so than with connections to children and other family. This could be due to friends having more influence in your decisions and choices. Blood may be thicker than water, but it looks like we still need that wonderful friendship H2O so we can ride the great waterslide of life! It also seems that having more friends reduces your chances of making risky decisions in life. Looking at a recent study, researchers found that people tend to seek out money as a way to secure what they want out of the social system. They found that feeling lonely or socially reject...