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2006-06-09 01:35:12 · 14 answers · asked by carvesweet 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It means that blood ties (family, clan, etc) are more important than anything else!
2006-06-09 01:54:55 · answer #1 · answered by ragzeus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that family's tighter together than friends. I'm not sure how the expression came along, but it's saying to stick with your family over others.
Garth Brooks has a song, "Blood is thicker than water, but love is thicker than blood." If you're confused, lol, its about a woman who's kids all had different fathers, but because they loved each other, it didn't matter. Love is more important :)
Hope this helps
2006-06-09 08:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by JustMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom always said my dad was only related by mariage. I was blood.
btw. They get along great and are still maried, just to illustrate that even here blood is thicker than water.
The water part I always missed but thats supposed to represent the rest of the world I guess, just water.
2006-06-09 08:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the people above said about ties between family (and therefore commitments and responsibilities) being tighter than ties between yourself and friends or strangers.
Interestingly, this appears to be genetically programmed into us. In other words, it is part of our universal human nature to chose friends over strangers, family over friends and immediate family over more distant kin and so on. Look for it "preference for own children and close kin (nepotism)" on the weblink below, which lists the universals of human nature as analysed by Brown through the examination of anthropological studies.
2006-06-09 08:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anna_Apple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Family will be there, when you need them. They will (mostly) stand by you in thick and thin.
Friends come and go, and will turn on you if its appropriate for thier intentions and furtherance of thier agendas...
Most families wont let you down, (not counting dysfunctional families). When the chips are down, they will come running to your defence, and help you with anything they can.
Friends will drop you like a hot potato at the first sign of strife in your life. They dont want to be "bothered", hearing "your" stuff, when they got thier own troubles...
I wish you well..
Jesse
2006-06-09 08:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood is thick than water which also means that you can find a new friend but not a relative.
2006-06-09 08:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by kida_w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
means bull. fluid will come out either way, who decides if one means more than another. blood isn't thicker than water to me, and what happens if you're raised by friends?
2006-06-10 05:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Family and friends
2006-06-09 08:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by vonnygurl1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means when your dad kicks you out of home while its raining outside for picking $s from his purse, and then calls you in after a couple of moments when you start sneezing and shiver..
2006-06-09 08:41:54 · answer #9 · answered by Mantra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it means that if someone has to choose between friends or family, they will almost always choose family.
2006-06-09 08:41:01 · answer #10 · answered by fhornsr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋