Will you??
By saphrina
@saphrina (31551)
South Africa
March 20, 2010 11:30am CST
Having friends and people who care about you, is very important to each and everyone of us. But where i draw the line, is when a close friend start to think he can make my desicions in life. I would listen to advice and even appreciate it. But treating me like a child? I don't think so. No one can make others decisions, we have to do it ourselves. Would you let someone tell you what to do or not??
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17 responses
@primeaque86 (8108)
• Philippines
21 Mar 10
I guess I am late my dear---but being late is better than never---
I am a good listener though, I would not ignore any advice I got---but treating you as a child is another story my dear. To help you decide is good, but to decide for you and getting out your chance to do it in your own is a totally different story. And I hate to read that story then. I want an independent life. I want to stand in my own.
@meticulo (1286)
• United States
22 Mar 10
It's really great to have a lot of people who cares so much about us. I am very much open to people who spends their time giving me advices and suggestions. I really appreciate their ideas. But at the end of the day, after all the mind battles I guess I have the right to decide for myself. I will not let anybody force me into something my heart and mind never agree. I guess they can only give me words of wisdom but the decision still comes from me. Thanks!
@sheen13 (567)
• India
21 Mar 10
Noways. I seriously don't like someone telling me what to do and what not to do. I really hate it. I think that everybody should have their own freedom. But yea maybe sometimes anyone can say me what should I do or not do. But not everytime. I love people giving me loads of advice but not loads of rules that I should follow. And when someone tells me that I am chilish or immature, I feel really awkward. Happy myloting!
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
20 Mar 10
I love to be independent and i'm capable of taking my own decisions so i wouldnt allow them to write my future.however i do listen to their views as they're my best friends so they do think for my better and wellbeing.
@mac_fish (723)
• China
21 Mar 10
Hi,saphrina
Well,I donnt think ur close friends are making the decisions for ur and even control u life ,make a big unexpect influence to ur live.......They just care about u and protect u from getting hurt,maybe their behaviours are radical or not the style u like....
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
21 Mar 10
True friendship ....it is an identity of souls rarely to be found in this world.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
21 Mar 10
Hi Saphrina,
Well there are moments in life when we stop and think a lot, think what to choose, it is only at those moments sometimes we require suggestions, but suggestions that's it! Nothing more... There are some so called friends you know who try to benefit out of your decision but i can counter think they are not good people, just stay close to you when they need to get some work done ... so i can only talk to my real friends who know me well, they could only tell me the positive and negative things about each option and the rest is left for me to take care of. BYE-BYE :D
@vandana7 (100906)
• India
21 Mar 10
Hi saphrina, I had a bad case - lost my mom early. So the whole world was inside our family - each telling what they think I should do or shouldnt do. I was always wrong - they were always right - even when they controlled all our finances to our detriment. It took considerable courage to stand up. Became a bad girl for over 30 years. Almost started believing I was bad. :) They couldnt understand where they went wrong till I presented irrefutable arguments. They are all apologetic, but I am in no mood to forgive. :) I have lost precious years of my life! So I can say take charge of your life at the moment rather than adjust till you can no more. Because when you cant, you are bound to be labeled as a bad person. So why not be bad now. :)
@krisnel (498)
• Philippines
21 Mar 10
i would not let someone to do what should i do. i only seek advice coming from my friends and i think if the advice is good for me well i will follow their advice and apply it to myself. my friends when they advice me they never said that it should be the right way to do, but they said that it depends on me if i will do their advice or not. for me in any decisions that we make no one should decide for us but we need others advice to think upon our decision.
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
21 Mar 10
Well friend thats true, sometimes others try to take us granted and decide upon us. That too our closed ones, well thats quite delicate one. I always feel i shouldnt hurt but too much of rights will make us feel are we child, why they treat us this way. Thats true..Well i allow them because i feel they are childish and i should not hurt their care!
@nangisha (3495)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 10
I will not allow any one to make decision for me, I will hear every advice they give but the result is up to me wright or wrong. I believe every one have reason for they act that might others don't understand.
@wenkle (13)
• China
21 Mar 10
hello,saphrina.I'm just pssing through.like many friends from you,We should appreciate the suggestions from our friends ,but as to the final decision,its our own affairs.
trying to make our own decisions is also good for our growth in the future and nobody ,even our parents cannt help us all the time through our life.
so standing fou u ,we're grown up!
@jugsjugs (12967)
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20 Mar 10
I think that there are alot of peop[le out there that try to tell their friends what to do with their life yet they never seem to practice what they preach.I get asked from friends what they should do about things and i would tell them what i would do if i was them,then i would tell them to do what they think and feel what is right for them.I would not let anyone tell me what to do.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
20 Mar 10
no one wants being told of what to do. maybe your friend really cares about you. sometimes we misinterpret things yknow. but if you really think he s telling you what to do, like, he doesn t sound like he s giving an advice then say to him what you really about his attitude. maybe it s not clear to him. if you don t inform him then this could go on and on.
@phoenix8606 (4942)
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20 Mar 10
hell0 saphrina! well, I think it is really helpful sometimes to take some advices from a friend, but if he/she really tries to teach us all the time just like we are kids, well i think I won't appreciate it that much and I think i will tell her/hi straight that she/he must be a little bit more reserved with the advices and the decisions that he/she gives, because I am a grown man and not a child anymore so i can make my own decisions!