Who is a good friend?
By favouredmost
@favouredmost (256)
Kenya
October 3, 2012 2:56am CST
With the way things are today the meaning of a friend has changed and my question is, if you should have people in your life that will not stick with you in the bad times just to have people around? if someone says that they are your friend what would you expect from them?. I have a "friend" who does online work and I requested him to check if an article that I had written was good and to give me an honest feed back three months ago and have not heard from him to date. Should I consider him my friend? who is a friend to you?
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9 responses
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
3 Oct 12
it is never good to measure the friendship of the other. yeah, friendship can be tested, but not measured in our own terms and standards. because if we do, we will only be disappointed and frustrated. friendship is about connecting with people whom you see interesting and comfortable to be with. our friends make us better person, ideally. but our friends are there. we did not create them. friendship happened because we allowed it.
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@sreejithsreenivas (10200)
• India
3 Oct 12
I only have one best friend and honestly believe that we can only have one true friend.There is a difference between having friends and having best friends. I believe you can only have one best friend, but many friends, which I do have many friends, but only one best one.My best friend is my partner.It is very difficult to get a best friend and every one look money for creating friendship.If we have enough money,so many friends gathered arround us and make use of us for their advantage.A real friend ca understand all our problems and hepl us in all our difficulties.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Oct 12
favouredmost I would not cut that person off yet as your friend because they might have a good reason for not giving you a honest
feed back on your article. Or maybe they felt they were not up to
giving you and honest feedback if maybe they did not like it and did not want to hurt you. people can chicken out you know.
@favouredmost (256)
• Kenya
4 Oct 12
I get your point hatley but I would rather he told me the truth and since I considered him a friend I would understand that he was doing it for my good.I had also asked him for some other information when I bumped into him on the street and he told me that he would send it as soon as he got to his computer and it is not forthcoming even to date.
@crimsonose80 (283)
• Canada
3 Oct 12
A friend is someone who will be there for you, listens to you when you're feeling up and especially down..Someone who has your trust; sharing your secrets without the whole world knowing it..A friend is someone who makes you feel good and can connect with you inside and out and understands you in another level no one can understand..
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@mohkanari (1957)
• India
4 Oct 12
To me a good friend is one to whom I can share my matters of happiness as well as unhappiness and he/she does the same type of sharing with me. So, even staying at long distance or without any monetary or physical help some good friends remain so for ever.
@chentunacao (309)
• Philippines
4 Oct 12
Isn't he very busy with something then? Haven't you remind him about it? Maybe he just forgot about it. In times that I'm very busy I forget many things.
For me a friend doesn't only mean helping each other but that's the basic thing to measure friendship. " A friend in need is a friend indeed" as what they say. I can consider a person as my friend when I am comfortable with her/his presence, I can be myself and can talk and move the way I want to.
@winniemariposa (255)
• China
4 Oct 12
Indeed, I have a lot of friends, but a only have several true friends. My true friends do not need to stick with me all the way. On the contrary, we can talk with each other even we have not met for a year. And I think she/he must be my true friend. However, if he/she just care about their own interests and ignore us completely, he/she must not be a true friend, because true friend will help us no matter when we are in need.
