Are you frank..straight forward with your friends .?

It depends on how close the friend is and what sort of relationship I share with them. I can be frank about anything with some friends and they would take it in the right spirit and even if they didn't, it wouldn't affect our friendship. But there are other friends with whom I not really frank because I am not sure how they would react and I don't want to inadvertently hurt them.

For me, I am honest and frank with my friends. I tell them if I'm going to say anything that might hurt them, I want to express what I have in mind, I don't want to be unfair with you. I think that is fair enough!

Real, true friends you have to be your true self, what is the point of being someone else, if you really respected and loved your friends you would be open and honest with them, because surely you would expect the same from them? I am even open and honest with my friends on Mylot, in fact I am open and honest on Mylot itself, what's the point in making up stories or appeasing people by saying something that wasn't true? What is the point? Friends are precious and my friends mean the world to me.

yes I am a very straightforward person and I always tell whatever is in my mind because I feel that if you are in the relation with someone may it be friends and relations if the person does not understand you then he does not deserve to be very close person is in relation. And I personally feel being very frank is very helpful. It does not create unnecessary tension and false feelings inside your head which is very much attention in any kind of relation to stay on. But he is I also believe that everyone has his own space and you should give the spectre that there are certain things that you should tell them there are certain things which you should keep inside you because in life everything is balanced and you have to understand the balance and keep that balance inside you also.

With a very close friend I am open and honest. I have two (other than my husband) in particular I can really pour my heart out and in turn do the same for them. Sometimes I find myself in the position of being asked to do something, anything, and either can't or don't want to. That always puts me in an awkward position until I get the courage to say "no, I can't." I get upset if I feel someone has been hurt or upset within the friendship. I can apologize and move on. I enjoy life to the fullest and tend to choose friends that enjoy the same. I am not talking about getting into trouble. Good, honest fun is what life is all about.

I am trying to be straight with them and tell them the truht all the time.but also it is not very easy, so sometimes you should have to wwatch how you are gonna tell it to them.Specialy when they are sensitive you have to be sensitive too.But I have to admit, sometimes i am not 100% frank.Like the situation when they broke with boyfriends and ask me for opinion, it is hard to say sometimes, that is was their won fault or so.

I think being starightforward should not be treated as harsh.But in today's world I think everything has to be sugar-coated and told becuase you see you never know when somebody will get offended and all. So it is always safer to sugar-coat things and then conveyed.

yeah it true being always frank to friends may result to misunderstanding or whatever...but for me telling the truth and be frank about something to friends is good as long as it is done in a constructive way..

I'm blunt with everyone-friends, family, enemies and all in between. Some people don't like it, but it's how I am.

Yes I am, I have not a problem saying what is on my mind and I am very honest about it. And I will just come out and say what it is and I dont fear who it upsets.

i dont always tell my friends the truth. i mean, i dont lie. i just dont tell them everything. most of the times i just dont like explaining too much and i dont like answering questions. but i do like sharing things with them, things that don't need much explaining. ^__^;; i'd rather listen to their stories and ask them things, than have them ask me and me to tell the stories. but sometimes i cant help but to be tactless. before my tactlessness was my bestfriend's problem about me. ^__^;; but i learned to control myself. so that's when i learned to hide things and prefer to pour it all on writings. ^__^

It depends on. Although I like to be frank, but sometimes I have to be polite, too. Such as if they have bad breath, usually I will keep silent because I don't want to hurt them.

i feel both attitude because sometimes i tell lie in order not to upset people but sometimes i am very honest and straight forward with my words. especially when i talk to people verbally or directly. but here in mylot? nah!! because i need to combine creativity and ability to reason out more than what you know here to make your posts longer and longer so im not that much straight forward here.

I'm very straightforward type of person. I really say to my friend what I really have to tell, but I use euphemism so that my friend will not get hurt.

This tends to happen to me as well as sometimes I will say something that will upset a friend or another person though I was not trying to upset that person. I can be quite frank as well so I know what it is like to be on both ends. I wonder how you came up with this question. :-) Sometimes I need to be careful with the way I word things I think.

I'm "brutally honest" with ppl whether its strangers, family or friends...I see no reason to candycoat things for ppl..I mean what purpose does that serve really ya know..none as far as I can see. I do however try to be gentle with my brutal honesty I mean I'm not cruel about it at all or vicious ya know..but yes i am extremely straightforward with everyone

I have been very tactful towards my friends so I hardly offend them for being frank with them.

I definitely don't have tact. It's not something I was born with a great deal of. But I am very straight forward with my friends because I just don't see a point in lying to them. I mean, most of the time people who are tactful use their tact to not be truthful rather than truthful in a nicer way.

Well, it is true that being straight forward/telling your friends the truth may upset them, and the truth hurts but as a friend you can't lie to them at all times. It's better that it comes from you rather than hearing from a stranger. Well, of course, you need to say in a proper way.

The best thing to do is to tell them the truth,because in same cases they still find out the truth and they get upset on you,so best thing is to be straight forward with your friends.