If a friend of yours, was stabbing another friend in the back
By joystick
@joystick (1675)
September 25, 2011 6:38am CST
would you tell them.I have heard a person talking about a friend to loads of other people, this is also a friend of theirs, unsure what to do.If i tell the friend, then it will be like i am the one doing the back stabbing, but if i do not say a thing, then it makes me not a good friend at all.This friend is laughing about all the things that they have got up to with this friends husband, also this friend is telling all the people where she works, as i know a lot of the people that work at the same place.Two people have come to me from the same place and told me all what has been said, it is not nice what things are being said, what should i do.
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18 responses
@huilichan8 (1378)
• Singapore
25 Sep 11
I won't say, but I will tell the friend who backstabs another friend that it is not right to do that and that it is not acceptable. I may even tell this friend to put herself in the other friend's shoes.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
25 Sep 11
huilichan said exactly what I was going to say, though be prepared, the one doing the complaining may turn on you, but if so, you really don't need someone like that in your life..
@huilichan8 (1378)
• Singapore
25 Sep 11
Ya, we can do without such people in life.:)
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@henkiprananda (2729)
• Indonesia
25 Sep 11
it always happen in my life. if one of my friend who do that, i just tell something that make him understand, he can't do that. and then, up to them. they has big and mature to do that
@joystick (1675)
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27 Sep 11
I think that sooner or later people will see what the person is like and they will tend to walk away from that person as well.I keep away from people like that, as i find that i do not require people like that in my life.Life is a lot better with out all the back stabbing that use to go on.
@henkiprananda (2729)
• Indonesia
28 Sep 11
you right buddy. others can see the real of other. and about what you do, you right. better for they to think about what have they do if they are no friend.
@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
25 Sep 11
when a friend stab you in the back is the most terrible and most amazing thing.
sucks the most is that this happens from one person to whom you trusted the most.
I felt like it and feel disgusted and repulsed by this man.
if it has ever known and it is another.
but no one is immune to these things.
nice day!
@joystick (1675)
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25 Sep 11
You are right that no one is immune to this happening.It is a shame that there are people out there that really trust other so much, that they tell them every thing that they have, to give that back stabbing friend a chance to tell every one else all that is and has gone on.
@wangziyuan0709 (36)
• China
26 Sep 11
choose friend is a chanllenging task, you have to determine the quality and personality one possess, it is imperative for some to rely on especially when you in a muddy time.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
26 Sep 11
I would not open up a can of worms. I'd just leave it alone. If you open up your mouth then you will be guilty of spreading information that has nothing to do with you... and it will only make you the target of the offended party/parties. Just worry about yourself and be a good friend and mind your own business... no good deed goes unpunished... so just remember the can of worms you will open if you do say anything.
@Triple0 (1904)
• Australia
26 Sep 11
I hate it when this happens, in my friendship group in school, all my friends are female and high school girls simply love to back stab each other. I don't get why people do it, if you have a problem with another person then confront them personally, not spread hurtful rumors about the other person. It's selfish and and hurtful because what if that person found out about it?
My group of friends aren't perfect and of course my friends tend to back stab each other. I just simply listen to their back stabbing and let them vent. I just tell them to confront the person but they're too much of a coward to do so. I usually don't tell the person being back stabbed because you'll just hurt them more, they need to find out directly from the person telling the rumors.
@joystick (1675)
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28 Sep 11
I know a lot of children can be nasty to each other, as well as about their other friends, but why do some people never seem to grow up.I feel sad for people that have nothing else in their lives that they can enjoy doing.Why do they feel the need to be two faced and stab other people in the back.Some people have found out what this person is like, so i know the other friends will also get to find out.
@conquer2012 (324)
• China
26 Sep 11
It is impolite for everyone to stab someone in the back. And if someone is willing to stab others in the back, then she or he could find a listener, so the most useful way to deal with this problem is to leave her or him alone. Never response to him or her. Let she or he say to himself or herself. Besides, if there is really someone who like stabbing others in the back around you, it is not worth being friend with her or him. Just keep a certain distance between this guy. of course, if to stab others in the back is his or her hobby, then just let it go and what you need to do is to keep your mouth.
@joystick (1675)
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28 Sep 11
I feel that there are people out there that will be always a back stabber and they will never change.I think that people like that not only stab the friends in the back to you, but they also stab you in the back to the other friends.People like that tend to lose friends fast, when they get found out.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
26 Sep 11
i will just keep quiet and be a good listener and don't want to get involved as it is not my problem... that's what i will do... i had learn my lessons from the past not to meddle with other's people business as i am the one who bear the consequences... take care and have a nice day...
@joystick (1675)
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28 Sep 11
These people tend to get caught out in the end and then lose a lot of friends.This person who is the back stabber, i tend to not have much to do with, as i feel that way it makes my life a lot easier, as i find that people are also trying not to see them now as well, knowing what they are now really like.
@AnnieHouston (208)
• China
26 Sep 11
I suggest u to do nothing on that. Because no matter what is the intention that they reach u, the main part of this are them not u, u r just a lisener and a garbage can to them, if u take an action to this maybe the thing will getting worse than u do nothing.
@joystick (1675)
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28 Sep 11
I am going to avoid the person, as i think that it has got to the point that they are worth the time.I think that rather than saying any thing, it is better that all the people that they have stabbed in the back get to find out on their own, like a few of them have.
@Keola12 (823)
• United States
25 Sep 11
I think that you should confront the back stabbing friend and tell her by speaking against your mutual friend to others is wrong and childish, and that she isn't being as good friend when she does such things. Tell her that if she has something to say about the mutual friend than she should confront your mutual friend and tell her directly to her face, instead of going behind her back and talking against her to others. Only a coward would stab friends in the back like she is doing. Tell her she needs to grow up.
@joystick (1675)
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27 Sep 11
I think that after today she would realise that every one has had it with her and all the back stabbing, as we all got together and told her, as she was stabbing us and other people in the back.If it was a young person i would say that they needed to learn and i would tell them not to carry on, but the person is my age.
@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
25 Sep 11
Personally, I would have a talk with the person that is talking behind the other friend's back. I believe that they should know that what they are doing is wrong, but perhaps they do not realize it. People are raised differently, and maybe talking behind other people's backs is acceptable (and perhaps even encouraged) by their family and other friends. I would tell the person that it is not right to talk behind your friend's back, and try to make them understand how hurtful it can be. If they realize that they are doing wrong and change their behavior, then you have not hurt your other friend, you have helped someone else to become a better person and friend, and you probably have made another (better) friend in the process.
@joystick (1675)
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27 Sep 11
At their age i would think that they would know what they are doing wrong, as they are my age.I have told this person in the past that i do not want to know any thing about any one and i never tell them any thing about me or other people, as that way they can not add any thing.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
26 Sep 11
Maybe you should pretend to be not knowing anything at all then. If you scare that you snitch another friend's secret, or you don't like a particular person that might stab your friend's back. That was so complicated situation, maybe you shouldn't get involve, and let them solve the problem themselves.
@joystick (1675)
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28 Sep 11
I do not see this back stabber much, when i do see them i try to escape away from them as soon as i can.I think that other people that are or were their friends are also doing the same, as they have had it with her and her back stabbing of others, which are also friends.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
25 Sep 11
If I have heard that one friend was stabbing another friend of mine in the back, I would not hesitate to speak to the back stabbing friend. I am suppose to be a friend to both of them and it would not make me a very good friend if I did not say and or do something.
My thinking is that I would approach the friend who is backstabbing and let that person know what I know. I would remind the friend that I care for one just as much as I care for the other. I would say that if that friend was ever to be backstabbed and I knew about it I would make sure they would know, as a friend we don't allow our friends to be hurt.
So I would tell the friend that unless they stop the backstabbing I would be forced to inform the other friend and remind the friend that if he/she were on the foot of things I would protect them as well.
Hopefully that will get the backstabber to stop and if not then I would go to the other friend and inform them. If I was being backstabbed I would want to know, I would be hurt to find out later that someone who is suppose to be my friend did not tell me about it.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
25 Sep 11
If the friend was a close friend of mine, I would go and tell her. I don't care what the back stabber thinks of me, or even if she thinks of me as a backstabber but she is the who's wrong in the first place. If she wouldn't have done that to my friend, I wouldn't have gone and said nothing too so yeah!
@joystick (1675)
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27 Sep 11
It makes me think how many other people this person has stabbed in the back.I did think to start with that they had a really sad life and perhaps that is what has made them the way they are.I do not intend in seeing this person again, as they are still doing the same and it makes me think are they doing the same behind my back.
@cowgirl03051979 (918)
• United States
26 Sep 11
if a friend of mine was stabbing another friend of mine in the back then yes i would tell that other friend because what would keep the friend that is doing the stabbing from stabbing me in the back too? that is not a very good friend and would not be a very big loss in my book this once happened to me my friend chelsea was dating my friend theo and she was cheating on him and i told him it made her mad and i lost her as a friend for years but it was worth it
@joystick (1675)
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28 Sep 11
I just feel sorry for people that have a need to stab people that they are friends with in the back.School children do things like this, also they do it some times and use it as learning if they are ever caught out.Why do grow up people still do it when they leave school.
@churchill1980 (764)
• Philippines
10 Oct 11
i just leave it at it is. if i hear someone talking someone at their back, i don't usually participate with them. and if i know that what what they are talking will destroy a relationship, i would shut up and not tell the other person about it. although i would warn the other not to give too much trust from the person who would talk bad things at his back. i don't like back biting, and i equally hate participating in it. i just find it a waste of time
@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
25 Sep 11
i don't know for sure what to answer but back in college one of my friend had a crush on a girl and try to approach her let's call him person A, then my other friend who saw them together had the same interest with the girl let's call him person B, so before A go much further with this girl B make a move to this girl and B got the girl to be his gf. When that happen A is so mad at B and they have some sort of cold war between them. Back then i didn't take someone side because i think getting mad to a friend over a girl is ridiculous, so whenever they two in the same room, i'm the one who go away so i don't have to in the middle of them. But if "stabbing another friend in the back" applied in other case maybe i will take someone side, so it depend on the situation.
@joystick (1675)
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25 Sep 11
I am really angry that this person is getting stabbed in the back by this person, also it seems that the other people that they are telling are all laughing behind this persons back.If the person was to find out what is being said, then i know that they would be really upset and also that they would not want to go out as other people would also be looking and talking behind this persons back.
@writersolutions10 (497)
• India
25 Sep 11
Just keep one thing in mind always. Don't talk about the person when he is not there. If he's available you, take him with your discussions and make understand his mistakes if he has done any.