Friendship Conversation Starters

Respect and trust is always important. One without the other is useless.

Friends are like family, or they have the potential to become part of the family. I have had some really good friends, but distance and time have separated us. I have one friend, I met through the mail. She is my best friend. We would write and talk with each other on a weekly basis. We still talk and follow each other's life journey, but as life happens, we don't talk as much as we use to. Making friends is easy, but the real issue is finding someone you feel comfortable with that you want to share your ups and downs with. Some people can be judgmental, so those are the type of people you are more comfortable keeping as acquaintances. Also, you want to have friends with similarities, well at least some similarities. The best way to meet new friends is through other friends and acquaintances. Or, you might even meet them where you work. If you work together well, you will probably get along well in other environments. I am a great friend. I help my friends as much as possible. If they need anything from me, such as: helping them to move, I'm there. If they need to borrow a cup of sugar, I always have some spare. I listen to my friends and I can empathize with their current life situation. I would never befriend them because they were going through a tough time. A true friend always has your back. They don't make excuses for you, but they actually want to help "bring you up" or they see a need and they help you with it. An acquaintance will say "hi" and be cordial and polite, but you don't participate in activities together. My oldest friend, well those are a couple of my high school friends whom I have kept in contact with, but we're not close anymore and we seem to be more acquaintances than anything else, even though we know some of their family history. My oldest friend would be the friend I met through the mail. What makes friendships fall apart? Lack of honesty, never making time for each other and not listening. Time is the most precious gift a friend can give and if you're doing all the giving, eventually you will wonder why you are friends in the first place. My strangest friend is, well; I can't mention any names, but let's just say he is unique in his thoughts, but he has a good heart. The biggest favor I have done for a friend is to give up a day and help her move. We carried boxes, we had a nice lunch and we had fun. The biggest favor a friend has done for me is to buy me a used sofa. These friends saw that I was in need of one, they pitched in together and got me a really nice used hide a bed. I was so overwhelmed with appreciation that I started to cry. I had another friend who bought my family groceries when he saw us struggling. For this friend, I watched their kids for free. The most annoying type of friend is one who doesn't listen or let you be part of the conversation. Who is your oldest friend? And how long have you been friends?

I have few friends. The reason is I prefer to work alone for now because I have a lot of plans and having a lot of people around could distract me from pursuing my goals. Perhaps I am just different. But I don't expect much of other people even my friends.

All I know, being a friend needs to know how to respect and trustworthy.

To become a friend,a person should be friendly, trustworthy and respect.Friends who take advantage of us is most annoying.

Friendship is also important in my life. My friends help me in my problems, share there blessings. And many more.

I don't make true friends too easily. I fall out with a few when they get mean or selfish with me or rip me off. Many great friends stand by me

For me, the best quality of a friend is kindness. He may have a different character from me, but he must be a very kind person.

Great discussion! Welcome to MyLot, by the way. I value honesty and slow to anger in my friends. A lot of them are similar to me. Though I do find it hard to make friends.

Wow, that's a lot of questions for starters. Hehe. But kidding aside I don't usually trust people right away I have to know them first before I can be friends with them. I don't have trust issue but I wanna make sure what their intentions are.

I value loyalty in friendship.