Friendship is a two way street

Yes Friendship is a two way street because a good friend could guide you in a success path and help you when you are in trouble.And in the similar way a bad friend could guide you the wrong path and make you in deep trouble and does not help when you are in trouble.

I guess it happens to many people to go through such unpleasant moments when they discover that their friends are not reliable,and the closer we felt to that friend,the bigger is the disappointment,but I guess the only way of seeing is a person is a true friend is to see how they respond when we ask for help in difficult situations.If there is at least one person who will stand beside us and help us as much as he or she can in hard times,we can feel happy because real friendships and all those who left us and didn't care about oour problems don't even deserve to have a place in our memory.

Friendship is supposed to be a symbiotic relationship but sad to say, there are those who take it for granted and just treat it as something to turn to when the going gets rough and expect you to give an all out support.And when you cant deliver what is expected of you, you even become the bad guy... Isn't it so unreasonable?

You are right they are not friends they are people that can be called free loaders because they feed off of you support and kindness but when the shoes is on the other foot they will not try to do that for you in return.

I think a lot of times a friendship does start off as a two way street. It's only when we get to know the person more that traits we may not like so much would come out. I got to know a girl a couple of years ago, who at first seemed great. She seemed very easy to get on with, and I had no trouble introducing her to my other friends. As time went by, it seemed like she was telling me one thing, and my friends, another thing. Things came to a head when she told my husband that I'd cheated on him with several different guys. This was so far from the truth, and so unbelievable that it took my breath away. And of course, she waited till I was in the UK visiting family to drop her little bombshell. My husband didn't believe her, and called me the very next day to tell me what she'd said. When I arrived home a few weeks later, she tried to deny everything and said that my husband had asked her if I'd cheated. Needless to say, I told her I didn't believe her and wanted nothing more to do with her. Since then, she has gone on to mess with a few of my friends that I introduced to her, and they too, have cut her off. She left me feeling guilty for ever having introduced her to my other friends, though they've told me it wasn't my fault. She had us all fooled, but the truth came out in the end. It was a lesson learned well.

according to me friend ship is a gods gift every day we will meet number of persons but only some persons are real friends to us but the only thing is we should identify who is our friend and who is not,the identification is of prime important and and a real friend will get closer to u with out your knowledge,here only one variation that is if we meet with a real friend then ours is a one way street other wise it is two ways when we meet with a person who srikes us every day,the identification of person and true friend is of prime importnant.

That's why I'm very careful when I use the word "Friend", I may know a lot of nice people who I may have a good time with, co workers, old school mates, etc., but to call them friends just because I've known them for a long time and spend most of the day along with them, that doesn't "automatically" makes them my friends. In my opinion, it's a very personal concept, maybe I have different idea of what to look in a friend, but in the end, friendship IS friendship, whatever that means.

I have known a few people to be that way. One of my friends called me up and needed help desperately. She was living with a man and needed to get out immediately. My Fiance, myself and another of our friends went to help her move. We spent all day and half the night moving everything out of the house then me and the other friend went back again another day and helped more. Well fast forward a few years and the friend that chipped in and helped with the work was in a position that she might need the same type of help. I requested that the friend we had helped move earlier help us because it was a similar situation. I got several excuses until I pulled the "she did this for you when you were in desperate need and it was no where near as bad for you as her situation is for her" card on her. She finally relented to helping or discovered that she had some time she could spare. I think it is sad when people do this. Myself and the helpful friend literally went and moved a 2bedroom, 1 bath, 1 office house for her while she stayed on the phone crying most of the day and I don't mean that this was packed boxes, I mean we packed it and moved it. Alot of work and effort and friendship went into that move but when it came time for payback the other friend was not wanting to be as helpful. It irks me to no end. I do not ask for help from anyone other than my family these days. Friends are not too trustworthy as I have found out.

Friendship does indeed have to go two ways in order for the relationship to have any meaning. if friendship was just one-sided someone would be losing out. It just wouldn't be fair to anyone that way.

I have learned in life that once I suspect that my friendships are only one-sided, that I have to distance myself because I am loyal and feel for me that friendships come with a responsibility and that responsibility means that I should not be the only loyal one of the two. During my early observations I do assess as to what and when the friendship started to fail, which leads me to see that I have been the only side being the loyal one. Therefore, I can be amicable but no longer consider the person to be a friend.

Well starting will be a two way street but depends on how long it will stay that way. I think most will break into one way. At first it is really awesome. One can enjoy being good friends with each other for a long time. But as people say time changes everything... Starts with a small problem which is like a snowball. If you forget it and leave it it would only grow more bigger and then by the time you would try to slow it down it would be too late. Friendship is very rare to see two way... Cheers!

I've had and have different kind of friends. For certain I've never had a friend who has been there for me in the midst of hell or in the state of emergency. At those times I had only myself to count on. I have friends who I can discuss problems with and share daily matters with. I have friends with whom I do physical activities with. As I have friends in school. I do not have a genuine true loyal friend who is there for me at any time except for my own self.

All of us are definitely aware of the old saying A friend in need is a friend indeed.So definitely its a give and take relationship.As you said it is a two way street but with one difference that it is selfless.Once my grandfather gave me an example So I will quote is words. You have a loaf of bread someone snatches it,he is your enemy. Someone has three loaves of bread and you have none.He gives one to you,he is your sibling. Someone has one loaf of bread and you have none.He shares a half with you,he is your friend. Someone has one loaf of bread and you have none,he gives thw whole loaf to you.He must be one of your parents.

People like this make you value the friends that are there when you need them as well. It can be frustrating when friends seem to need you for everything but then don't want to help out when you may need them. It really does make you wonder if they are really true friends. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who seem to act this way.

Hi megamatt, What wonderful kind generous thoughtful people we have in our lives, erm well that is what we think. It is amazing how we can always be there for our friends, stand by them and help them out when needed and they always know that we will be here for them if and when they need us, then when we want them not all of them come, this shows us that they are happy to have us there and want us there and we do this because they are our friend and we care, but when we want them and they don't come, then what type of friend does that make them? They are the selfish type, the people who always want the attention when things go wrong, and know that there friends will be there, yet we as their friend expect the same curtosy, but it isn't always given back, this shows us who our true friends are. I too am also sure that we have all experienced something like this in our lives at somepoint. They don't behave the way friends are supposed to, they only seem to care about themselves, never really bothering with others shows how shallow they actually are.