Nigeria, July 12 -- Thabile's grandma is a retired educator and counsellor.

Don't we need to keep, animate and treasure friendships?

If we don't value them, what's the point of having them?

Friendships fly with fun. Shouldn't they sail with fairness?

Seeing that some of her childhood friends are pursuing their dreams

as a result of personal and professional dynamics and needs in their lives-

career options and paths, furtherance of education and training, and marriages,

etc., - 24-year-old Thabile, asks her grannie "Please share some of the important

and clear elements and types of social friendships?" Her 80-year-old grandma grins.

"Tha, I'd like to praise you for using such words asimportantandclear,carefully.

Somehow, this sh...