Adversity tests how true a friendship is
By megamatt
@megamatt (14291)
United States
April 16, 2012 8:16am CST
I think that it is very easy to maintain a friendship where everything goes well, where everyone gets along. But as you will know, even the best of friends will fight and have some issues from time to time. The adversity is just going test the strength of your friendship. And often times, if your friendship is really something that is strong, it will get only stronger should you work your way through. If one fight destroys a friendship, then one may question if it was meant to be.
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@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
16 Apr 12
I haven't had any big arguments with my best friend so far, mabye because we are really similar and know what the other's feeling. There have been some events which in other friendships may have started a feud, but we feel each other so well that we didn't start a fight (for example when she couldn't see me for half a year because of her university duties... lots of people would have been like, "You don't care about me at all, you're such a bad friend"... but not in our case)... and we've known each other for 9 years now, and not teenagers, either.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
16 Apr 12
That is rather good. If a friendship is going to be one that lasts that long, it is likely going to be a rather healthy one to begin with. And knowing each other without nine years without any real problems does seem like something that is extraordinary. Sometimes it depends on the people, and you're right, I think that there are times where I have as well have seen things that could have started something in my friendships.
Still in the end, it depends on the person. That test has not come yet, perhaps it may never come. It is rather something that is a curious quality of people. Of course, there are so many petty things that people get riled up for but it seems like you didn't go for that, which is good. Thanks for responding.
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
17 Apr 12
When adversity strikes you with severe blows on your person, it is the true friends who come to your rescue. Help and and assistance in adverse circumstances is a true indicator of good friendship.
