Friends who take advantage of your friendship!! Freaking!!!
By Bebs08
@Bebs08 (10681)
United States
June 14, 2010 8:08am CST
Some people whom we considered friends take advantage of our friendship. They want everything in their favor without considering our side. It freaks me out because it happened to us just last week. A friend was so demanding that we would help them this and that, then they'll pay us..and they want it to be done right away.. then they said, oh!! we will pay you for doing this installment. What? the charge is too cheap because we are friends and they will installment the pay? We did not agree and they were upset and said, I THOUGHT WE ARE FRIENDS. What? is that what friends are for? taking advantage? thinking only of their own favor and comfort? UNGRATEFUL PEOPLE. Very frustrating and I don't want to have any connection with them anymore. Did you experience the same? What did you do? 
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7 responses
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
15 Jun 10
Everyone would have been taken advantage of by a friend in some period of life. It is a "hazard" that is associated to friends. As long as the "favour" is not too ridiculous, I think it is fine to help. But if it happen once to many, then that is a different story.
@nancyrowina (3850)
•
14 Jun 10
It's always a bad idea to make financial arrangements with friends as they often let you down and just expect you to accept it because you are friends. And it hurts more when friends let you down as you expect them to come through for you. My advice would be not to trust these people with money matters again, as if they've let you down once they will do it again.
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@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
15 Jun 10
Hello bebs good day...I guess we are created with different attitudes and characteristics. There's a saying that never ever trust fully to anyone even your relatives how much more with our friends. But not all, the ratio would never be even. It is more that can't be trusted than can be trusted...
We learned from our experienced. Even me, there were so many times I've been a victim of that same as you. But still, no matter how we may be careful to some of our friends but we still we fall into their trap because there are those who could seriously that they could make us believe and trust them again.
The best thing we could next time is to stay away from them.
Keep your cool bebs..
Mobhomeir here...
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
14 Jun 10
Yes, there are many people who think that a friend is really an additional bank account that they can get money from. It is really something that is frustrating. Not to mention they expect us to help them and drop everything that we do, because we are friends. That's not really how that works. Most of those people it is all take, take, take, and no give.
It really frustrates me. Those people I tend to get away from. I have gotten a pretty good feel of people like that. They will never really be my friends in many ways I would think. I think those people were technically only casual acquaintances at best. So really, there was not much of a friendship. Still people who expect you to do anything when they say jump, they are really not your friends.
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@busybee10 (3186)
• India
14 Jun 10
These days there is no meaning of friendship[. Every one the so called friends because selfish. And one sided. They are not even bothered the difficulty one is facing but only aim to see that their purpose is solved. This means there is no meaning of friendship. hence I have totally discarded friends. Now I am leading a with full of peace.
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@hbsalazar (34)
• United States
14 Jun 10
I understand how you feel. Similar things have happened to both me and my other friend. The same thing did not happen to me, however, but my 'friend' would use me in a similar way.
I'm very sorry for you.
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