tell me who your FRIENDS are and i will tell you who you are

i don't have really close friends to begin with now. i have lost contact with most of my friends ever since i moved house and got married. so now i have "transient" friends. i love to hang around with friends who are funny and someone who is a good listener tho. as it is also the person that i am. it is a very true saying as Jesus also stated it in His book. birds of the same feather do flock together.

I have not actually heard of this saying before so this statement is new to me. I have very few friends locally as most of my friends are long distance but we do have some similarities as well as some differences. Me and my friends are not completely alike. Me and my friends enjoy bowling and watching movies and eating out but have different tastes in music, clothes and shopping habits. I think we all are different in many ways, even if we may not see it or recognize it. I do feel that we have some common qualities, like you mentioned, that does bring us together.

I have many friends who are totally different from me. I also have friends who are using my ways, taking examples of my life and principles and so on. sometimes, I am bothered with their actions and behavior, another time they acted weird. Insofar, I have best experiences with my friends, best doesn't always mean that it's pleasure things but also when I had bad times with them.

I also have friends from so many diverse back rounds but there is one common thread we all share, cultural exchange. We are all open enough to want to share and integrate with each other on different levels. Politically and Spiritually we may all be on different paths , leading roughly a few degrees out of the same place. Well we all want our own little corner of Heaven lol. We are not going to fight over the same spot!! We all love good food and that is a great one to bond friends together..and they all like MY cooking and tea!!! I love to look after my friends and I have become like the older sister in a way as they all like to come to me with their problems and I like to be there for them. They like to hear my daily mantra..'I MISS MY HUBBY' lol.

Friends usually have something in common for them to become real friends.They may differ in so many ways but there's always a common denominator among them that binds them together. I have a couple of best friends and I love them all the way they are. One of them is very diet conscious and quite vain that she will do anything in the name of beauty. We've been friends for so long but her being beauty conscious didn't rub on me no matter how she tried to convince me over the years to this or try that. She respects the way I am which is simple and no-fuss, and I respect her ways because it's her choice and that makes her happy. With that, we've built a friendship that can last a lifetime.

I think you are right, if we do not have something in common, we cannot be friends with someone, at least we can spend some time to do the same thing together,but at the same time ,it is important for you to have something different from your friends, for example, you may have some hobbies which are different from your friends, we should develop different interests as we cannot always do the same common thing together, we need to have some changes later. Anyway,nice to meet you in mylot.

Yes i also believe in this saying. We acquire some habits which may be good or bad from our friends. It is possible for others to some extent, to know about our character from that of our friends

i think the saying is true because we all make friends with persons who think and act the same way as we do and we also befriend them only when we feel they fulfill our qualities.most of the time the best friend of any person will be almost similair to the person having almost similair qualities.there will only be a minority who makes friends who are totally different from each other.but mostly friends will have almost similair qualities.

The saying holds true at all times because, it refers to the values in life that you have. You share the same interests and talk on the same plane. Since you value your friendship so much you will always find a way to have a talk and share ideas. You may have dissenting opinions, but the way you talk about it makes it rewarding. I am sure that one who hates somebody who swears, will never loaf around with those who loves doing so. Nor would you hang around with people who will never understand your point of views. Neither will you find it worth your time to be around folks whom you feel are not worth your respect. So, you see now that your friends are really a reflection of what you really and truly are.

Well to be honest i don't really have that many friends (in real life). I wonder what that says about me?

yes i do believe in that cliche. Most of my friends were just like me. We have the same likes when it comes to music, things, fashion and weirdness ha ha! It's good to be a part of a group you feel you do belong to. Its difficult to be in a group which makes you feel not like you real self. I am happy to be with my friends no and I hope they will stay forever at my side. :)

I think so too..because me and my friends are so different in many ways but we still get along very well and like what you've said you may be different in aspects you want in life but the common things you have that binded you together are the qualities and attitudes you have for each other.

actually, i kind of believe in that saying.. but.. i think it mostly occur on girls right? i seldom see a guy dressing the same and walking together lols.... erm..the only thing i think we have in similarity is our interest.. for boys.. usually our interest is the same.. that's why we can easily get a topic to chat.. and joke around.. haha :)

All those proverbs is said because all ancient was careful enough.I truly think they was so right and smart.A proverb like this apear after many years of observation,they are essence of spirituality. Yes,i think is right,this saying show us that we will not have friends very different of us,and obiouvsly they will be like us...i don't say our friends is like twins for us i just say that they are pretty alike... this is my point of view. augusta

Never heard it. Generally I don't in many of the saying in which I've heard because they really depend on the person and for me it doesn't say much. It's probably me not getting it, but it's nice in some cases. ~Joey

They say opposites attract and I believe this. But I do believe that there have to be a few things in common with your friends. My husband and I come from different areas of the country and we get along very well. Our viewpoints on things are different but we can discuss them and not get offended by what the other thinks. He is my very best friend and I think the differences make our relationship interesting. I have other friends that are the same way and we always say that is what makes boredom stay away.

Yes I believe in this saying that whoever our friends are will also determine and tell that who we really are.We only consider people to become our friends if we trysted them and that we like them because of their traits and behavior.Thus we found out to our friends that we have something in common.Though not actually we have likes in all things but majority we have in like in common.Thus our friend also determines what we are in the real world.

nice post. made me think about the different kinds of people i have as friends. my friends range from the silent, introverted types to the loud, boisterous types who love to be the center of attention, and most of them are close friends, not only mere acquaintances.i have friends who smoke pot, and friends who are church workers. i have friends who are lazy bums/pseudo-philosophers (whom i love dearly), and friends who are achievers in their own fields...really, people from all kinds of backgrounds...hmmm, never thought of my friends this way before...