Are you choosy about friends or do you just let friendships happen to you? Are you the kind who steps out and befriends people - or do you wait for others to reach out to you first? Further, do you just befriend whoever is in your environment, or scout for and identify people you would really like to know? In short, are you choosy about friends or do you allow friendships happen to you? After all, unlike blood ties, we have the option of choosing friends. Although interestingly scientists at the University of California and Yale would have us believe there is a genetic pattern to our friendships too! Their research establishes that friends share around one per cent of our DNA - as much as we share with our forth cousins! Plato said, 'Similarity begets friendship.' Aristotle said, 'We love those who are like ourselves'. Some popular adages are - 'Birds of a feather flocks together' or 'Friends are the family we choos...