How do you comfort your friends if they are sad?

I'll try to tell a joke first too or make myself look really silly. If that doesn't bring a smile to my friend, I'll just offer a shoulder. I will not say anything as I do not think he/she wants to hear anything. I'll just remain quiet to listen. If he/she wants to say, he/she will say. If not, no matter what I say, he/she will not say out the problem.

when they feeling sad ..they would not need you to comfort them but need you listen what they told you...and you need agree with his or her opiniones,,...they just need a man to relax their sadness

well i have my own style..lol when my friends emotion is not good .of cousre i can know what happen to him/her,coz he is my friend...when it happened to him ,what i firstly do is make him happy .think about all the ways to make him get away about the sad things around him...when he is calm down i will tell him if he need help just call me, i will be glad to run 5000miles for him if he like and it is necessary ...lol

listening...is what i do and after that if they need advise i will give a dose of it...but thier are situations wherein they just need a shoulder not a mouth..(if you get me) crak jokes to make them feel light and easy... dealing with sad friends have a lot of ways frist you need to know your friend real good for you to know the best way of dealing with them... but the best of all is for you topray for them...

Yeah thats me as well. I always try to make them laugh. If that fails then i try comforting them, if that fails also, then I leave them to it for a while then try again. Good discussion

I will just listen to him/her, because when i was sad ,i hope there was a friend listen to me .

My style is pretty much the same as your style. I make a very general joke, never at the expense of my riends, or at the expense of anyone or anything else. It usually "breaks the ice."

I'm someone direct, I will ask directly what the problem and sit quietly listen to his/her problem.

hmmm...when that sad, i will just sit beside them and listen to them quietly, i think they must have many things to release out, i just want to let them know...you are not alone, i will always by your side...