how should i know if she/he will be a good friend or not?

China
September 5, 2012 4:09am CST
people always said a colleague can never be a good friend. as long as there is money or job involved, friendship is not pure. now i have some problems related to my job, and i hope to communicate with that colleague for regard her as a friend. now i need some advice, how to find out if she can be a trust friend?
7 responses
@kris3rdE (156)
• Philippines
20 Sep 12
Hi Aprilwang! For me friendship can be find in different ways. We can gain friends from school, online and even from work but we can never say yet which of them are true. We need to invest our trust and time before we can say which one is true to us. We need to risk to find those few people that we can keep. True friends are those who accept you as you, listen to you, trust you, will not take advantage and love you.
@blinjk (617)
• United States
9 Sep 12
You will know that someone is a friend when she does not abuse your kindness and respects you.Some people are really annoying to be a friend because they always take and take,it is not good that there is no such thing as give and take in your relationship.Well, as for your situation you can ask your colleague to advice you. I am sure she or he will listen to you.You know what, you could also discuss your situation here in mylot and you will have lots of advice that can help you solve your problems. Happy mylotting!
@JohnRok1 (2051)
6 Sep 12
Friendship without reserve is a very rare thing. You know "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends". Whether that is true of your colleague isn't going to depend on whether she is a colleague or not. It's going to depend both on her character and on what her priorities are - I mean, if she has a family she's responsible for, she must put them above you. Christ, if you have Him, is the only friend you can rely on absolutely.
• Philippines
6 Sep 12
Yah, I've heard that statement as well. If you have a lot of money you can't really tell who's true with you. In looking for a true friend who can be trusted that's really difficult. Yet, I believe that true friend and can be trusted friends exist where ever you are. You have to give your trust first to someone,then if you found out that she/he broke your trust then that's the time that you should not trust him/her completely. Your heart will direct you for the right person. Pray to God to guide you and give you a friend you can trust. I think money and friendship could be together for I experienced that and until now I'm still experiencing it.
• Indonesia
5 Sep 12
According to my friend who can be trusted not only to do with money or are in a job, but it can be seen from her loyalty to you, when you're kesusahaan he can help with sincerity. Now the problem you want to search for friends belief, yes, as I said before, it's a loyal friend who can understand you.
@fatlex06 (895)
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
Hello new friend. I welcome you to mylot. I think you should give her a chance to know you and give yourself a chance to know her more before you judge her. I think you can feel it for yourself if a person can't be trusted on your first sight. But don't think that because money is involve, people tend to be mistrust. I hope you're going to have a good relationship towards your new friend. :)
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
You can only call a person as a friend if you think and feel that he is trustworthy, understanding, and has all other positive traits. A friend is someone that you can go to when you have problems and someone that tells you not only the good things that you do but corrects you whenever you do something that is bad. Now, try to think about this office mate of yours. How much time have you known each other? How much does he know about you and you about him? Does he have all the positive traits to be called as a friend?