QotD: Friendship Choice

Would you rather have one best friend or ten acquaintances? Why?

One best friend, hands down.  I've got acquaintances out the ying-yang, but those aren't the sort of people you can call on when you're staring down your razor or watching a bus come whizzing down the street towards you.  They are the people who as a last-ditch effort to not be alone might consider calling you, but then decide against it and just go out to the bar alone.  Best friends won't walk away from you when you're melting down and they don't dismiss it when you say that you think you're broken.