comforting a friend through text messages

I haven't been in such situation, maybe becoz my friends are love-less. Oh no, what I mean is, they can handle themselves very well and when they need some comfort they set a date (a girl's night out) and share her feeling to us (friends) It's worth the sleepless night for you, at least you were able to pacify a friend. have a good day jaiho®

Yes I have, many a time. I actually think sometimes its better for your friends to talk to you through text. Some people find it very hard to open up about their emotions face to face, and they get embarrassed if they cry etc.. whereas a text isn’t face to face, and if they cry the other person doesn’t know.. so they are able to get it all out and talk openly. It’s kind of how we make good friendships online, because we are able to express ourselves and open up without the worry of being judged, because chances are we will never see the people in our lives :)

I have a good friend that I tend to about things every once in a while through text. Of course, we sometimes go and hang out at someplace to talk about all this stuff and more, but sometimes just a text message showing you are there really counts and helps.

few friends text message about their bad mood or unhappy thing,but i had,It wasnot a long time since i come to my first company when I just graduaed,and two colleagues will leave the company,i feel very very sad ,cause in the new city ,i have no friend,we just know eachother and then they will leave ,i cant receive this ,so i text the bad new to my friend ,and cry,he just comfort me with several words, ...still feel sad ,,,,

No, if someone texted me they were needing a friend. I would call them. I think that is more personal. I believe the sound of a friendly voice is calming for the person going through a hard time. I think it was nice of you to take the time and respond to her needs. Putting others before you says alot about your character. Best Wishes!

Not via text message but i have stayed all night listening to my friend's story and comforting her all night. She was having a hard time and I thought being for her was important than my sleep so I did talk to her the whole night! She lives in a different country so we have this huge time difference. Anyway I know she'd do the same for me too

hi flowerfest I don't text but I did have a long conversation with my friend as she was feeling down her son thought he had a full time job and after being out of work for months he was thrilled , now it turned out he was taken on as a free lancer with no benefits, no socail security then they cut back his hours. she was feeling blue as she is in her seventies and wants to retire but does not feel she can if her son is not working again. I just was there for her and gave her a verbal hug over the phone,I do not have a cell phone nor do I text, I am an old fuddy duddy but I have a landline that does really well for me. lol

I've also tried comforting a friend through text messages. At first I didn't even think it'd work since I'm not physically there but I was surprised it worked. I think that's an alternative if you can't be with the friend you want to comfort but being there is still more ideal. I'd prefer still being there for the person.

I haven't encountered a situation like yours. Maybe because all my friends are married. And also whenever there is a problem to talk about, they would call for us to meet and talk about it. But this is done while we are eating ! That's nice of you to do that for your friend. She's lucky to have you as her friend.

I've had that same conversation with my friend via text messages. In fact more serious conversation than that. That's one of the important role of being a friend, to always be at their side physically or emotionally. Thanks to our network facilities nowadays, distance is no longer a barrier for communication. We are just a text/call/chat away from our loved ones who needs us our comfort or attention any time of the day.