What does true friendship mean to you?

I think exactly what you said....if you have none of these with your 'best friend',keep looking 'cuz you haven't found them yet

True friendship means a few different things to me. I need a true friend to be honest, trustworthy, loyal, fun and energetic and as well they should be a good listener. They should also be there for me whenever I may need a shoulder to cry on or whatever. I feel it is very important that my friend is honest and loyal because I try everyday to be loyal by standing up and defending the people within my life. Including my friends.. As well, I would stand up and defend my friend's honor whenever I had to...I believe it truly shows you care about someone if you are willing to do that for someone. I do agree with the fact that a friend should accept you for who you are, not who they want you to be or anything like that. I know I wouldn't want a friend who was always wanting me to change into something they wanted me to be. If they can't accept you for who you are, they aren't worth your time, it's that simple. There's been too many times in my past where I have just cared to what everyone else wanted from me and I didn't have the guts to say what I wanted to say. Now that I'm older and wiser I see that a true friend is someone who wouldn't put you in any of those positions. They would care about you and not ask you to change just to please their needs. They would love you for who you are despite your flaws. I also believe that in order to be a good friend you need to be trustworthy. I have had too many people come in and out of my life as friends who I thought I could trust but then they abused that trust and we're thrown away. I really didn't want to have to do that, but people kept abusing my trust. I can tell you from personal experience, I hated knowing someone had done that to me but I wasn't ready to let them get away with it. Their payback was to spend the rest of their lives without me as a friend. I believe a friend should also be fun and energetic. It would be nice to know the person I chose to hang out with was someone who could suggest we do something new and exciting every day. Heck, just to have someone energetic who can keep you going when you don't think you have anything left, a friend should have that kind of effect on you. A friend should inspire us to push ourselves and our limits to the maximum. And I do not believe you are wrong when it comes to how you feel about friendship. As I know I look for the same thing when wanting to befriend someone. I think it's important to know what you are looking for in a friend. All of the qualities you are looking for or expect from a friend goes to show a lot about your true character. And who you are within if you know what you are wanting from a friend! In conclusion, I believe that friendship to me includes having someone who is honest, trustworthy, loyal, fun and energetic. They should also be a good listener because as everyone knows, there's no bigger quality to a good friend than that of someone who is always willing to listen to a friend's problems. You should be able to depend on your friend for advice and the ability to just talk to them about anything you need to in my opinion! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

Often, people who claim to be our friends, are really not. They would turn against us at the first difference of opinion, and get furious if we didn't go along with their wishes all the time so choose your friends carefully. A good friend will support you if you need help as much as he or she possibly can, and will respect your views, even if they are much different this his or her own.

No, you are not wrong. A true friend is accepting who you are and certainly trusting one another. We do not pick our brothers and sisters, or our parents, but we do choose our friends, and not all the time we are as careful as we should be only to find out that they are not true friends because they have betrayed us in some way or form. And then true friends can make mistakes as well, and thats where forgiveness comes in. No one is perfect and friends like anyone else are only human. And they will do things that will tick us off and hurt our feelings. But if she or he is someone you value and admire as a friend, then a true friend will forgive and move on.