Friends are the source to kill loneliness

@mastinet (467)
India
December 28, 2010 11:28pm CST
If you feel lonely then its time to make new friends. Friends are considered the best enemy of loneliness. Do you believe this? Even some people think the negative. There is actually an epidemic of loneliness in many societies today. After all, so many millions of us in the modern world are jammed close together in large teeming cities, and we have at hand all the technological conveniences that are supposed to bring people, closer together, such as e-mail, telephones, faxes and the internet. Comment your ideas and views
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7 responses
• Pakistan
29 Dec 10
Yes friends are really source to kill loneliness but only true friends and especially those friends who likes you and whom you like. Your activities are same then. otherwise friends become burden. Anyways these days you cann't trust any body. I have read that books are very true friend. And Nice books are true source to kill the loneliness. I have only one friend in my life. He is my best friend since 2000. Infect every one looks like your friend around you but in reality they are not. Every one takes advantage from you and kicks out you. Its my personal experience. As we are growing in science and technology period. We are losing our moral life. Every one is busy in his own life and always talk to you when they have some work to you. I think you will understand what i want to say. I am not good in English infect.
• Philippines
29 Dec 10
Making new friends is fun and great but to me, nothing beats talking to your old friends. Perhaps, friends way back in college, high school or even grade school. I feel the most comfortable when I am with these people. Spending time with them surely uplifts the mood. Do anything - shop, eat out, visit memorable places, etc. But the most important and special thing to me is that you are not afraid to show these people who you really are, what and how you feel and even how you've changed throughout the years that passed. With regards to technology, I think they really are positive factor when it comes to communication and maintaining that special bond created between friends.
@mastinet (467)
• India
29 Dec 10
I agree that the friends we made in our school age are the friends with whom we feel more comfortable. The school days friendship if continued for long term makes us more happy and memorable. As friends made in young age are only limited to business / official purpose and they all have there own means to remain connected with each other.
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
29 Dec 10
Well,i agree with you only on some part.Yes,friends can let you not feel lonely any more.But that not mean we should try to make new friend to overcome our loneliness.Actually,if you got too many friends on your list,most of them maybe not real friends of yours.Have you ever heard that too many friends equals no friend at all? In today's society,the true friend is very rare.And sometimes i think even we only have one real friend in our life,it is a happy thing. I have seen lots of people who make new friends everyday, they don't even know clear about the other person before they add he or she as friend. And they may forget his or her name next day.Do you think this is friendship?Well,i don't think so,on the contrary,i think though on the surface, they seems busy and happy talking with friends, but actually these kind of people are the most lonely ones in their hearts.Because they got no real friend.
@mastinet (467)
• India
29 Dec 10
You are right my friend. Making too many friends just like purchasing tomato or potato from market will not benefit at all. The need is to make true friends because only true friendship can make a long time relations. Creating a list of 100 friends is just equal to one real friend.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
29 Dec 10
You can never be lonely in this orld as long as you have a friend to turn to. Loneliness is not something we have to live with. I do believe thar having frienndships will bar the ways of loneliness.
• Puerto Rico
29 Dec 10
I think aprilsong said it pretty well. While it is true that friends are there for you in the bad times and keep you from being lonely, it's also true that some of your so called "friends" can actually make you feel lonelier. As for why there seems to be MORE loneliness now that we have technology to meet people from far away places, well there's no substitute for the warmth of a hug or a kiss. Although, I'm sure someone will figure out how to simulate that effect over the internet eventually.
@mastinet (467)
• India
29 Dec 10
Well said. Technology has both even and odds. In many terms it makes people closer and in some terms in made distances between relations as with the growth of technology, people became more and more busy with their own work and hard to find spare time to meet friends and relatives. Friends are like a pill to cure loneliness
@jonnie7 (51)
• United States
29 Dec 10
It has been proven that friends are the the enemy of loneliness. While others take friends for granted, other people are still trying to make some friends. People think friends are there when you just need them, but no they go hand in hand. You should be with your friend when they need you too.
@calpro (930)
• India
29 Dec 10
Hi mastinet, Though I mostly enjoy while being alone too but still, yes I do agree with you. Sometimes we really need some people to be around us just to talk chit chat and kill some time or to kill our boredom and routine. At this point of time friends will be ready to occupy some space in our brain and activates us. For me my wife is my best friend and whenever I feel tired and bored I spend time with her to get recharged and rejuvenated. That doesn't mean when I am active I don't spend time with her, she can make me feel better. She is one of my greatest strength I proudly say. Happy Living Calpro