Friendships

United States
June 13, 2011 12:57am CST
When we think of friendships many different ideas may come streaming into mind; anger, loyalty, confusion, love, etc.. but what do you do when a friendship has become completely one sided? Even worse, what do you do when all of your friends rely on you for advice and wisdom but neglect you when you need kind words? Any comments or thoughts?
2 responses
@sswallace21 (1824)
• United States
13 Jun 11
Welcome! Unfortunately, this happens in many friendships. I am a better listener then a talker so I don't mind listening to their issues. I pretty much keep to myself. I know that people come and go in life. For whatever reason, true friends are hard to find. People normally realize this after high school or college. I rarely ask anyone for help. I know that the chance of someone helping me is slim to none. My husband and I do things together most of the time. But why wouldn't we, we are best friends. Best Wishes!
• United States
13 Jun 11
That is so sweet that your husband is your best friend. My fiance and I are very close but sometimes I feel I need the advice of one of my chick friends. Maybe I should reconsider that ! cheers!
• United States
13 Jun 11
I can count all actual friends I have on maybe five fingers. Since I've finished high school and I don't see people for eight hours, for five days a week anymore, I've become the go to person. If someone's upset or hurt or can't sleep, they call or text me. I help so many people with their problems and then when I have something go wrong, there's only two people I can talk to (both live eons away from me, so that makes things far more difficult). It's like everything is fine for them as long as they have someone to vent to or a shoulder to cry on, but as soon as I need something they're nowhere to be found. So for my actual friends I have nothing but love and loyalty. But to everyone else, who cares.
• United States
13 Jun 11
I totally sympathize with your situation. I've been out of high school for about 4 years now and I can count them on mmy hands as well. The unfortunate part is I only have one person to talk to. I value that friend more than I value anything. The funny part is we hardly spoke in high school and now that our lives are beginning to blossom we can really look to each other for support and advice. everyone else is a jerk though. It sad how many people really don't understand how to maintain friendships.