ARE YOU A GIVER OR A TAKER?

Think you know a thing or two about friendship? Well, if there's one thing you can bank on, it's this: Some friendships are more balanced than others. How do yours add up? To find out whether you owe your friends big-time or you're the one who's investing all the energy, take this quiz (a big thanks to teenmag.com for sharing it with us!)

1. It's cool knowing that there are lots of people at school you can bum money from when you're broke.
   True or False
    
2. You've been hanging out with a new friend. You're so into the friendship that you jump whenever the phone rings, hoping it's her:
   True or False
    
3. There's a corner in your closet that is crammed with stuff you've borrowed from people but haven't gotten around to returning.
   True or False
    
4. You've saved some of the funnier notes your friends have passed to you in class.
   True or False
    
5. The more friends a girl already has, the more likely you are to try to be friends with her.
   True or False
    
6. When you think about your future, your current friends are always part of the picture.
   True or False
    
7. You'd give some serious thought to blowing off your plan to go to the movies with one friend if a whole group of girls was planning to cruise the mall instead.
   True or False
    
8. You'd take your friend's little brother to soccer practice if her schedule was too busy.
   True or False
    
9. You like making new friends but tend to move on to meeting new people when things get too comfortable and routine.
   True or False
    
10. You'd miss the biggest party of the year if your best friend was stuck at home with, say, a broken leg. Of course you'd keep her company.
    True or False
     
11. When a friend starts to call you a lot and make all kinds of plans that involve the two of you, you start to feel kind of…crowded.
    True or False
     
12. You love having intense, spill-all-the-dirt conversations with the people you are close to.
    True or False
     
13. You tend to think girls who have best friends act like old married couples.
    True or False

SCORING

What's your bud balance?
To find out:
1. Add up your "True" answers to the odd-numbered questions.
2. Then add up your "True" answers to the even-numbered questions.

If you answered "True" to more odd-numbered questions:

You're a debt head.

While you love the idea of having loads of friends, your attitude regarding relationships with others could leave you with friendship debt over the long haul. To be a true friend, you've got to invest some time and energy into the relationships you form. Blowing off a friend to hang out with other people and viewing friends as people you can hit up for cash are examples of poor friendship management. To create a better balance, decide on an amount of time you'll always spend with each of your friends. You need to get in the habit of spending time together, or you'll find your friendships can dwindle.

If you answered "True" to more even-numbered questions:

You're showing signs of strong returns.

You invest in your friendships and it pays off because you form close, caring connections with the people in your life. Your actions prove that the people you pal around with matter to you. Stuff that might strike others as sentimental (like saving notes you've written to one another) are actually strong indicators of friendships that will continue to appreciate in value over the years. Consistently showing your friends how much you care is the secret to rich rewards in the friendship arena.