when friendships turn sour...
By spoiled311
@spoiled311 (5500)
Philippines
April 22, 2009 3:58am CST
hi all!
i have many good friends, especially those who share the same faith with me. (we are christians by the way).
anyway, but since we are imperfect people just saved by grace, the church is run by imperfect people. and there will be times when there will be skirmishes, but as long as everything is talked about and forgiven, the friendships and the faith even grow stronger.
but there is one person in our congregation whom i find very difficult to forgive. i dunno, she just grates on my nerves. she is soooo annoying.
anyway, I DON'T NEED ADVICE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. i know the many ways how. i guess in time, God will eventually change my heart towards this person. i am just sharing this with you, because i feel there is no day that i do not pray for this person and our relationship.
the problem is, i don't want to be friends with this person anymore, which is quite contradictory with the faith that i profess. hehe
anyway, i know that someday that God will heal my wounds and my heart and even if this person is very difficult to forgive, God will enable me to do so. there are just some wounds that are deeper than the others.
do you have this kind of situation too? or have you encountered this in the past?
take care all and God bless you!
happy mylotting!
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9 responses
@malsun (1528)
• United States
23 Apr 09
I am sure in time, you will have the heart to forgive this person and move on. There have been many friends who have fallen apart over the years. It has been easy because we have moved away georaphically too, to different parts of the world and interactions are almost nil. But one big lesson from this is that I do try to sort things out so that we part as cordial if not very good friends. God bless you too!
@abhichat1980 (250)
• India
23 Apr 09
It is heart breaking when you lose a friend. I have gone through this kind of a situation when I was in college. Within few days of joining college we became good friends and the story continued and our friendship grew and yes those were the times I did really enjoy in my life and still cherish today. It seemed that nothing could come in between us and we were the best in the world. But life as usual had in store its own surprises for us. It started in the final year of our college ..... we were so similar in taste and habit the we ended up loving the same girl. But nobody confided or told anything to anybody. Then one day it kind of became irresistible to me and I went ahead and proposed her ..... at that time I did not know that my best friend was also fell in love for her. And ironically that night my friend called me up and told me that he was in love with her and wanted to tell his feelings to her ............ It was crushing for me ..... my head started turning and I didnt know what to do exactly. Next morning I met my friend and told him the truth that in fact previous day morning I had proposed her and without knowledge that he was also in love with her. He misunderstood me and after that really nothing went well at all ........ finally today nobody is in contact with each other ... all three of us lead their own life.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
23 Apr 09
Well I guess we all meet people that are really that is annoying to our standards. But I guess you are right in time you will learn something from that person. it is just that you have not seen what God want you to see in that person that you need to learn and appreciate perhaps.
@Samanthavv (1380)
• United States
22 Apr 09
I had one "friend" once that we kept having MAJOR blowups. It was like I couldn't disagree with anything she did or said without her flipping out on me and turning into a psycho. So, after the third (and last) flip out of this tremendous nature, I called it quits. No more being friends anymore. It just isn't worth it. Especially when you know it will just happen again.
@isakuiki (95)
• Indonesia
22 Apr 09
hi spoiled311
Everyone certainly ever be in the same position with you.I also had same experience..when somebody very possible and always hurt my feelings,what I have to do is avoid them.I do not want to be an evil or hurt they feeling like they do,but I also do not want to fell hurt.Avoid them does not mean I do not want to communicate with them or do not want to be friend again.Just keep in the save distance, so that they can no longer hurt me.There are people that can be our friends, but some are not.Do not impose a relationship that is not possible, because each person is different.If we can compromise with the differences that somebody has and she/he can do the same then we will be a good friends. If we can not accept it, leave it.
@ilawise26 (191)
• India
22 Apr 09
I agree there are friends who are enemies in disguise.
But we should always remember one thing- All of us are creations of GOD.
Leave it on him to decide their fate.
You do good to all so that good comes back to you!
Mylot rocks!!!
SO will you!
@moonchild117 (1987)
• Philippines
22 Apr 09
I have experienced a sort-of similar situation, but it was more of a falling out between us. Not to be righteous or anything, but my friends and I know it was her fault, she was too paranoid about things that she started thinking we were plotting something against her even if we weren't. Right now, we don't maintain any communication with her, and I think she's still mad at us for no reason at all. We just try not to think of it and move on with our lives. Besides, there are other bigger things to focus on than one small thing. :)
@abanerji (1026)
• India
22 Apr 09
well, when we have friends we also have people who are always ready to stab at our backs.
i had a few friends who had ruined my relations with others and who just created problems for me.. for sometime i kept overlooking their attitude but later i realised that it woould be better if i stop interacting with them. some of my true and good relations were spoiled because of their back biting and i could not even mend those relations. finally, i stopped conversing with those people and even today i wait and try to mend my spoilt relations.