Coping with friends' interests.

I always like to have my likes and dislikes independent of anyone. I have them on the basis of the beliefs and experiences I have. However, it cannot be denied at all that people close to you do make an influence on you. So you tend to take something from what others around you are, unless it is very strongly conflicting with your beliefs.

As a friend I think people need to respect one another's individuality. You don't always have to have everything in common to make a friendship last. It makes for some interesting conversation when a friend has different interests then I do. I feel as if this is an opportunity for me to ask questions so that I can learn about this interest. Maybe they can show me what I am missing and I might become interested in it as well. I don't believe that our friendship would have to end because I didn't start liking this interest as well.

IT DEPENDS,but yes sometimes there is a need to make our friends show the reality.at such times i am blunt and say what my views are;as it is said an intelligent enemy is better than a flattering friend.

Yes this happen many times and in many cases because of our shyness and fear of friendship.But if we learn(gradually) how to say "NO" smartly to your friends. Pl try to learn. This solves our both purposes keeping your intrests and friendship also. If you help your friend in need geniunly he/she will follow you.

Hi, Sukumar, I have 5 friends. If a friend wants to do certain things/action which is not approved by all the friends then he will not do. It is made clear to him. in case he wants still to continue the things, he can go ahead and we will not interfer including the problem that would arise of his own action. This sort of understanding among us so there will not be any misunderstanding among us. We are not bound to live with like and dislikes of our friends. In case any natural problem(s) faced by a friend in life we all be there to help him to sort out the problem.

frends are very important yo us, we can learn many things from them.i and my frends are also chat together,we are all loyal to each other good luck

This is two ways relationship. Only one sided friendship will end up soon. We must be cautious. Give and accept concept should be applied. We must respect each other's views. Always take care of likes and dislikes. Win-win situation in friendship is must, no loss no gain. We have also to sacrifice a lot to keep on this relationship. Sometime we have to agree on such matter which we dislike. But it is the friend's responsibility to take care of our habit/interest and request or force accordingly. If this does not happen it may hurt us and spoil our friendship. I always be cautious in this relation and try to maintain the balance as much as possible. Sometime I compromise also as per friend's interests.

I think if you are a strong person and you have a good relationship you can keep your own values and interest. I have many friends and I may not aggree with what they do and I will tell them what I think but I do not judge them. I will stant by them but I will not help them to do anything that I feel is wrong. I will be there to help them up when they fall. You have to be a strong person to beable to seperate your own interests from a friends.

I'm willing to accomdate a close friend's interest even if it isn't mine. I'm not like one friend who blindly followed certain friends from one interest to another without seeming to judge what that interest was. They were into K/S, she was; Beauty and the Beast, she's there! I think she's getting away from that a bit, but I don't know, I didn't like her pressuring me to get into whatever she was interested in.

I do not move around with the likes and dislikes of my close friends. As close friends, I accomodate and accept their strengths and weakness but I do not condone any wrong doings. It might be worth the sacrifice as long the friendship is cherised and grows as days passed.

Sometimes we got to be flexible in the name of friendship. I subscribe to the believe that sharing and caring is the fabric of life.

not always but sometimes

You are very much right there. True friendship lasts, but it is never based on likemindedness. We need to acknowledge and respect the individual thoughts and opinions of our friends. That's the way we make clear that we share. And it also gives us the freedom to be ourselves, to follow our instincts. If we don't try to impose our views on our friends, they will not do it to us either. That wayb a mutual respect and concern will develop.

I've found that compromise is a definate plus in dealing with this. There are interests my fiance' has that normally are not my taste, but I will try out, but be honest about my reaction--- and she does the same for me. With friends, I just know there are something I do with, or talk with them about and some that I keep to myself. It's difficult sometimes, but if the friendship is that important, a lil work is worth it.

Often I do. Sometimes it gets tiring though. I think a friendship should be flexible but you shouldn't have to live your life to make your friend happy. After awhile you will resent it and them and that will spoil the friendship.