I don't think so it is the most important thing.AS human nature we have some needs e.g.moral support,cooperation,sympathy ,sometimes time pass as well. Some people have problems with family and etc so if they don't have enough family or whatever then they have friends instead. Friendship is important in these ways:
1. You can talk out your problems with t
hem
2. You can cry on their sholder
3. You care about them
5. It can tie friends closer together
6. It can bloom into love
7. You don't fell lonely
8. They can get you places (i.e. a promotions, a job ect.)
9. They share the same intrests ( that's why they are your friend)
Last but not least:
10. Friends like you for you, not for the clothes you wear, the shoe's style, if you have red frizzy hair. To them its whats on the inside that counts. It really depends on your personality. If you need to bounce
your ideas off another, or confer in order to solidify your
position on something...or just need the physical closeness
of another..it seem very important. However, if you're
a solitary person who's expression re life is conferred
through your art form, the need for friendship is usually
less as the person is always busy concentrating on their
vision. Very subjective
Friendships have changed over the course of life. Friends in the past were good friends, but as I changed as a person and they changed/or stayed the same, the relationship became problematic rather than supportive. People who believe that a "friend is for life" are often stressed out beyond recognition about the friends in their life. A Buddhist might call this an issue of not seeing the impermanence in life. I could become your best friend. However, if your life does not support me in my efforts to have the life that I need, our friendship would begin to deteriorate over time. For example, if you were to become an alcoholic, an alcoholic is not conducive to my personal or professional goals and plans in life. I would wind down our friendship and find other friend who made other choices.
