True friends are hard to find..
By christine888
@christine888 (303)
Philippines
April 24, 2011 7:21pm CST
I used to have lots of friends but then I certainly knew that not all of them are true. Maybe some of them are UFO, I hope. Cause one time when I was hopeless and I need someone to talk and someone who will just try to accompany me and obviously help me. I realized that out of my friends only 3% who only cares for me. Shame on them only God knows what's totally best for them. So, for you out there becareful of your friends and best friends, they knew who you are and they will use it as one of their weapon against you. Never ever share what is your weakness to your friends or else you will regret of knowing them.
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@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
26 Apr 11
I guess we all have to be careful when picking our friends. Not everyone can be trusted. But I do have one good male friend, who has always been there for me when I have problems. We have been friends for a very long time and I can always count on him. So far, we have never had any misunderstanding before and I am really glad that God led us to be friends.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
True friends are hard to find indeed so if you found one you have to be just as true to him otherwise you don't deserve him. As for me I would say I have so many friends but just very few true friends. So, I treasure my true friends and I make sure I am worthy of being called a friend to them as well.
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@Hedwig (283)
• China
25 Apr 11
from scientific research, in most cases, the maximal number of close friends people can remain is 5-6 .
In my case, I have 4 close friends whom I totally trust and can confide with everything.
It is normal that some people, maybe most people around you don't really care about you. People have limited energy. Keep a polite distance and say hello to them is enough.
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@adeena2000 (845)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
You could never pinpoint who your real friends are. They are just around because they could take advantage from you especially when you are in abundance. But when you are empty and helpless, they all be gone.
They cannot accept your failure and they usually judge you at all. They will stay away from when you get hurt heir feelings and pride. They only think about themselves.
Be careful because some people you thought as good friends are enemies in disguise.
They just want to get closer with you so they would know what angle they could attack you. That's right, don't give your 100% trust and confidence to your so called friends.
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@misterMR (796)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
True friends are hard to find, yes. But it does not mean that whenever you are hopeless, you go on judging them that they are not there for you. It depends on what kind of situation you are handling. If you share your situation with your friends who have no experience or little with what you are going through, they would not be any help, let's face it. That's the reason why there are only 3% who could be there for you, even the 3% would not be able to help you completely until the end right? If it's a really hard situation, do not expect that most of your friends would comfort you. People do not like listening to the problems of others because they themselves have problems in their life. Unless there are really those who would help you all the way.
@christine888 (303)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
Exactly! We have different lives, problems and attitude. Those 3% of my friends tried to helped and I appreciated it very much though they may not solved my problem, at least they contributed something. A simple question of " Are you Okey? " is acceptable, but those friends that they knew you are facing huge problems but doesn't even bother to say or do something for you, it's so untrue. I was a good friend before, but got traumatize from a very close friend who betrayed me. Now, I don't even know the exact meaning of the word friend.
@tiina05 (2317)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
hello,
Honestly, your right? because it happened to me many times that is why I dont trust new friends that newly arrived because I am scared to trust again. I just let them be my friends but not to the fact that I will say all my weaknesses. Even they share to me their weaknesses it is not the reason why should I say mine. (scared ) I dont like to betrayed again.
good luck
@christine888 (303)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
Definitely! The trauma is there so, it's hard to trust to someone again. Who want's to be betrayed? No one!
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
26 Apr 11
I agree with you here. I have actually learned pretty young not to put much stock in others. But I am a bit older with a family. If I need someone to talk to its easier for me to talk to a stranger or a counselor. I look for a wise person to give me advise that doesnt know me. Or I will look for a discussion or a book on the topic. And go from there. As you get older you find that others have just as many issues and maybe just arent capable of helping.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
29 Apr 11
Indeed true. It is just difficult to identify who are true friends and who are not. It is only in times of need that we can really determine if the friend is true or not. Often, true friends to me means able to accept us for who we are - accept both our strengths and weakness - and be there when we are really in need.
@SugarMarie (35)
•
25 Apr 11
hello.. true friends are really hard to find especially nowadays. We cannot trust right away with the people around us because there are many of them who are good pretenders.
They will surely show their good sides not knowing that as days pass by their bad sides are worst of all the worst.
@vannyt (343)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
True friends are really hard to find, they are rare. I for one don't expect so much on true friendship cause I also don't know if I could be one. Good for if you already have a knowledge of who your real friends are, treasure their friendship for they are worth keeping.
@tammy27 (1241)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
i found my best-est truest friend when i was at 6th grade. that was 5-6 years ago and im very glad that up to now we still haven't found any reasons to part ways. yes, we lost contact for 2 years due to some misunderstanding but here we are now, being so happy with each other, and being happy we didn't give up. :)
@HAINAN8707 (4)
• China
25 Apr 11
I have had the same experience like you,but I come to know that they do not really care about me and my emotion,gradually,I realize there are many kinds of friends surrounding me.In fact,these friends have their own characters and attitudes to things,for example,some one may be used to sharing with others when having problems ,so these people may have positive reaction to you,also there are some poeple liking dealing with matters by themselves without disturbing others(from their points,they consider that their own troubles should be solved by themselves and that telling someone else may disturb them),accordingly,they perhaps are not good at comfort people's emotions.
.In sum,the reaction of your friends to you do not present precisely whether they are concerned about you or not.As a result,you really do not feel confused about it.
@voorhess (4)
• Denmark
25 Apr 11
i understand you. i also used to have alot of friends but mostly of them are gone because i moved school. but i still have some old friends i think that i can trust.
but still but finding new friends that you can trust is hard. trust me i know.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
25 Apr 11
Indeed, true friends are very difficult to find. My lecturer once said. If can count your friends with your five fingers on your deathbed, you die a lucky man.
I believe this is very true. We all have many many friends, but how many of them are true and will be by your side when you need them? Those who would rush down to your side when you are in need are those considered true to you. Be good to them and cherish them.
You are right, we should not share our weakness to our friends as they might use it against us. HOwever, if we never share, we'll never know who are our true friends.
@gelayagui98 (1336)
• Australia
25 Apr 11
A true friend is not like the rain which pours and go away, a true friend is like the air sometimes silent but always around you.
@grazmaniandevil (379)
•
25 Apr 11
We are human after all, susceptible to sin and evil.. It's best not to expect so much out of people because I use to do that a lot and in the end, it was my loss. You just have to accept how things go and life goes on. If they leave you, then let them leave.. never matter how much percent of friends comforted you on your time of crisis what matters most is that someone is still there to comfort you than having no one at all. :) Make that someone feel special and genuine rather on focusing your emotion to the one's who weren't even there.
@chocokreme (319)
• Philippines
25 Apr 11
So correct. Aside from that friends usually talks about you behind your back, with or without intention. Few friends really cares for you. Some people became your friends only when your nice, you have same ideas, your fun to be with and worst is you have something to share to them. We cant assure if they are real unless theyve been with you through your ups and downs.
@lam1995 (43)
• United States
25 Apr 11
Hi, I understand how you feel. I had several friends in the past that only now do I realize they were only using me to get what they wanted. I wish I had known better back then because they were quick to betray me when something went wrong. I have since then met new friends who truly are great friends. I hope that someday people can stop taking advantage of one another, and become true friends. It is unfair how life is sometimes.