Why Friends Stab Each Other in the Back to Get Ahead

I don't think you can stop this, when I was working I could see this happening among my own friends...a chance to get further on in the job they would use their friends to get there...I saw personalities change over night just to get a little further up the ladder...very sad... all you can do in this life id make sure you don't do it and be a good friend..

I experienced this at my workplace. I thought he was my friend since we are working in the same position and we really got to know each other. A few months later I then discovered that he was saying bad things behind my back. When bigger projects was given and credited to me he was saying that he taught me everything I knew. It really made me sad to think that he would do such a thing when I admire him for what he does. What I did was I confronted him in a meeting. We talked it over that there are issues with a person you cannot really change. I learned where he was coming from. My point is talk it over. If that doesn't work, it only means from his point view he has a different definition of friendship.

I think almost everyone experiences being stabbed in the back by someone who they thought is their friend. It's all about being selfish. Some people are just like that. They will use people to get what they want and once they get it, they will leave you hanging. This is why i prefer to be with people who I really believe are my friends even though they are few than to hang around people with no other intentions than ton use you. Just choose your friends carefully. Stick with those people you trust.

There will always be people like this and these are the people that end up to be the people that you wish you had never met.In the past i have found out that if a person stabs you in the back once, then they are sure to do it over and over again.Avoid at all costs peop[le like that.

I have experienced this too many times I have to say there is no logical explanation to this. I feel like everyone is capable of doing anything to get ahead but some people know when not to cross the line. I think what you should do is talk to your friend let her know how you feel. Because I feel like if you're in a race to get something and she wasn't your friend it wouldn't have bothered you so much because she was just some random person. I don't think there is any tips in solving this issue.

i don't understand if you call a person your friend who backstabs u. friends help one another, they are there for you.

That's how some people are they just dont know right from wrong, or they do know whats right but only care about themselves or maybe just wasn't raised to do the right thing by others. I haven't had an experience like your but I've had other experiences and also witnessed my close relatives be done wrong by so called friends. so I dont trust people easily.