Do you care about having friends?

United States
June 9, 2010 12:40am CST
Sometimes I think I could care less and other times I may think to myself I just want to hang out with some people just like me or somewhat alike and just enjoy good company. Not sure if its just my mood at times, zodiac, or just having sort of a limit when it comes to being around people, But I mean for the most part I do love to be around my fiance sometimes I think that is strange I can tolerate her but not other people. How do you feel? Do you feel the same as me? Do you care about having friends? Or do you like to have friends but just need to be in the mood to be around them if you feel like this then tell me why.
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19 responses
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
9 Jun 10
I think we all feel good about having and caring for friends. it gives us a good feeling to have friends to share things with in our lives. Friendship is an important bond to share, no matter what else is said, you can never have enough friends in your life.
• Mexico
9 Jun 10
HI sender: I agree with you. You'll never have enough friends but at the same time, people like often have a small list of their true friends and a bigger list of the persons that are good to you and you like to be but you are not so confident with them than with your friends. Thanks for your answer. Have a nice day. ALVARO
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@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 10
Yes friends are better than enemies.However,meeting friends do have it timing and occassions and there are privacy moments.I would not like friends coming to meet me without notice because it is intrusion and such.Yes mood is important,if my mood is not good and want to be leave alone, then better not see friends.Friends are not place to be angry at, no one like to be a punching bag.
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• United States
12 Jun 10
In a way friends are more of a want than a need in life.
• United States
10 Jun 10
Time and occassions is a must with me, but I'm good at not taking anger out on anyone but when i'm feeling angry I think me by myself and alone thinking can help my situation. When i'm feeling better then hey maybe time to just hangout discuss something who knows, just depends on the feel, im i wrong for that?
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
11 Jun 10
i guess it ok to meet your friends to discuss things or exchange of opinions as long as it is done with respect and without too much anger.Well i guess this are call friends to be there when needed.
@jessje (145)
• United Kingdom
9 Jun 10
I don't have friends anymore, moved to another country (even though it's only 3 hours away by car from my old house) and the contact watered. I don't care about it either, I'm not a very social person, I'm happy with my hubby and kids.
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• United States
10 Jun 10
I'm very much alike when it comes to accepting simple things and just my lady and myself, kids to come as well that may surely help enjoy hangout time, when a friend is everything like you, based on your dna lol
• India
9 Jun 10
I love to have friends. They are the persons on whom can completely trust on. Well i choose my friends carefully so i know i can trust them. Depending on the way you choose your friends u can trust them. I know what u mean. Sometimes being alone is good also as no one can hurt you. Some guys and girls are just dupes. They just use some friends and dump you away. I hate such people who use others for their own personal gains.
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• United States
10 Jun 10
Yes trust is major to accepting good friends but say you trust them on a secretive level or just knowing they will be there for you but lets say they when they drink they become the most annoying person in the world, do you keep that friend around or do you rather be to yourself and deal with the friend on your own time?
@Alan70pct (171)
• China
9 Jun 10
I do care about my friends even though sometimes I do need time to study and think alone.To be with my friends is crazy and contented.When I feel down,it's my friends who comfort me.Yeh,I have to admit that without friends,I would have been another person.
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• United States
10 Jun 10
Why do you think so? That you would be a different person? What is it in a friendship that helps you get along with everyday life to you yourself cannot achieve?
• China
10 Jun 10
Yeh ,u are right.It's my friends who help me find out my shortcomings.
• United States
12 Jun 10
Well if it works for you then not a prob, as long as shortcomings are met why stress right?
• China
9 Jun 10
Normally,I would like to have friends around but just the friends i like! Sometimes i enjoy being alone and loneliness makes me think more clearly about everything!When you can not tolerate others ,and try to!If they can not tolerate you,,will you be upset? So being more tolerant is good!
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• United States
10 Jun 10
I try to be tolerant as much as possible, but when im annoyed I have no need for friends, I always felt my advice for myself is more valuable than someone else's thoughts, unless I'm asking someone to give me their opinion.
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
Im not really a friendly person per se, im content with whoever i meet along the way whereas some would really go out and make an effort to meet new people. But dont get me wrong, i can be a friendly person, but to the people that im already close to. If youre in school or at work, you have to have friends so that you can have someone to hang out with. But if you're just at home like you're a housewife, or just resigned or still looking for work, etc, then its ok to not have a group of friends coz you dont go to a social setting like school or workplace anyway. As to if i feel the same way, kinda, like when a friend asks me if i could accompany her to the mall, but i dont feel like going out that time. So i said 'maybe next time' lol.
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• Mexico
9 Jun 10
Hi ring belle: I have a short list of friends but I can tell you that I really care about them. They make part of my life and they have marked me, they have been there when I was in my high school and I felt it was difficult to feel welcome in this new life. Maybe we have our own difference but that's usual. I think I care of them and I usually talk to them. Thanks for your sharing with us your thoughts about your friends. Have a nice day. ALVARO.
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@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Jun 10
Yeah, as far as I am concerned, I think I really care so much to have so many good friends around me, in that case, I may feel so nice to live a very comfortable life. For me, I think that if I have friends around me, I think I can ask for help , if I met some difficulties. I enjoy the happy days spending with my friends in life.
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@rabajar (134)
• Philippines
15 Jun 10
Yes, friends is a gift and I will treasure them. :)
• Romania
9 Jun 10
it is obvious that i care about making friends and having friends becouse friends are the only ones you can choose, exept for relatives thei are gived to you bye god but friends will always be friends , i love my friends and i will always try to help them in need so are thei for me , life whitout friends would be a bad world, ful of crimes , heck even criminals need friends so thei can back up him ;))
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• United States
10 Jun 10
LOL Yea but criminals who do crimes with friends are more likely to get caught do to that friend talking.. But I hear ya about friends being sent from God, cause some people just seem to come into your life at a certain time, but when you feel like the person isn't totally functioning on your level what do you make of it?
@ada8may21 (2405)
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
I do care about having friends, that is why I am too picky when it comes to friends because of the lesson that I've learned in my past experience. I am a type of person who would like to be with friends not because I am in the mood to be with them but because I feel like I would like to talk to someone whom I could trust completely. I have a friend that we always hang out everyday online we always keep on talking and we never run out of topic. When we see each other we have lots of things to talk as if we never spoken for how many months. Her father was wondering why we keep on talking and what we are always talking about. I would not stop talking to her and she is also the same with me. Even if we are not in the good mood we are still talking to each other, that is why sometimes we have arguments because of each other tantrums but we already understand it. I would never stop hanging out with her, I like her company and I would like to keep it that way.
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• United States
10 Jun 10
I understand where you are coming from, when friends are very much similar to yourself it is easier to accept someone else around you. But at times I feel the difference in people at times may make me say let me be by myself. Do you think having a very close friend helps always in situations are depends?
@sach143_u (859)
• India
9 Jun 10
Yes i do care about having my friends but few days before i lost a friend because of my careless. He is very close to me during college days and we both use to go out and we enjoyed a lot on that time. But after finishing our graduation we both started working in different company, on that i was unable to contact him because mine is night shift and his day shift. But he use to call every day. And one day i was too tired and came to home in the morning and he called me on that time i didn't talk well and that went to the stage that we broke up our friendship. After that i realize my fault and i called so many times but he changed his sim and then i went to his house also but he told not interested to talk with me so forget me forever. From that day i learnt so many things, From that day i use to care about having my friends. Now for remaining friends i use to call daily at least twice in a week. "Experience will makes man perfect".
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• United States
10 Jun 10
That's the problem sometimes when every day life events such as work, makes it harder to maintain a friendship. Some people don't understand you maybe to busy to talk on the phone or hand your ex friend took it another way and choose not to be friends with you although you did nothing wrong to him, That is part of the reason I feel like most friends wont except you totally for you unless you are their very need no matter the hour or day or what your doing.
@chuacx (95)
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
sometimes, i am also like that, i want to be alone to let me think properly about things. but most of the time, i want to be with my friends especially when i am in unfamiliar place, i don't want to be alone. it makes me feel uneasy. but with them, i feel so crazy and weird. i could care less with everything around me, all i want to do is to have fun with them and yeah, we do a lot of crazy stuff
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• United States
10 Jun 10
I wanted friends around when I moved to where im at now, it was another world I moved too and I wanted to be around likewise people, but then I learned quickly to adapt and make others know me first, but yet see glimpses of friends I grew up through me, so in that way I still had people close to me in thought but just not with me physically.
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
friends are very important persons in one's life, nest to our families. sometimes we could even share things with them that we cannot tell our families. each one of us have our own lives even friendship needs space, we just can't be together all the time. but true friends no matter how far we are or how long we haven't had communication will still be friends.
@adamc151 (476)
9 Jun 10
I care very much about having friends and i love hanging around with them. People with the same interests, sense of humour and you can just be yourself around :)
@durgabala (1360)
• India
10 Jun 10
I love making friends. My husband and I have lot of friends. We visit each other regularly. In the stressed full life, friends are sress busters. Almost every weekend we visit temples or public parks to rejuvanate ourselves.
@iristacey (112)
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
For me, having friends matter. True friends are really one of a kind. I do love the company of my husband and enjoy many moments with him but we do not want world to revolve around ourselves. We do keep in touch with our friends and attend get together parties sometimes, if the schedule allow. This will enable you to expand your views and be more sociable.
@jacoo999 (69)
• India
10 Jun 10
A man who lives in this world should have at least one friend other wise he is a beast. Friends are the most valuable things in the world. Think about the life of one without any friend. Try to make more and more friend. Many you have friend; many you have benefits. Don't think about the benefits, just make everyone you see as your friend.