What kind of friend are you?

Friendships can last forever - Good friends are hard to find.
United States
September 17, 2007 9:28am CST
I tend to go overboard on everything I do. When I'm someone's friend I will literally give them the coat off my back...in the rain...lol. This actually happened to me one time but it's a long story I won't bore you with. I'm the type of friend who will listen when my friend has problems and try to give my best advice. I'll be there through their good times to laugh and be happy with and the bad times when they are sad and need someone to talk to. I've shared my food if they are in a bad situation financially even when I'm not that well off myself. What kind of friend are you? Would you do almost anything to help your friends out?
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22 responses
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
18 Sep 07
i do a lot for friends, i treat them as well as others how i expect others to treat me, i treat my friends as family and provide help or advice as best i can. even if its just being there for them.
3 people like this
• United States
19 Sep 07
More people should think like you do. I think a lot have forgotten the saying "do unto others"....
@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I would like to think that I'm a very good and giving friend. That being said, I think just about everyone would like to think that about themselves. These days, I'm somewhat cynical and unapproachable, but if one does make into that zone of friendship I tend to be willing to be very giving, even sacrificing in many respects.
• United States
19 Sep 07
Yes, we all like to feel we are a good friend. I'm also quite unaproachable sometimes depending on the situation.
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I'm a caring and understanding friend. Its important to be there during the good and bad times and I know they will be there for me. I try to give excellent advice and be there when the other person needs me to be there.
• United States
19 Sep 07
I always try to give the best advice I can to friends and to family. I must be doing good because they always come back for more...lol
@daring (234)
• India
17 Sep 07
yes i feel like helping others and i did also but for those who took advantage of my goodness then i used to ignore them thats what i do
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• United States
19 Sep 07
It seems like so many times people are taken advantage of. Sometimes it's difficult to figure out who is a real friend and who isn't.
• Bulgaria
17 Sep 07
It's not like I'll do everything for everyone. I would share all I have with just five people (my best friends). Yes, they're just five, but have proven themselves through all of these years. I mean a long period - 14 years - and I won't doubt them, I trust them all! When it comes to advices I'm the one who usually gives them and I receive them back, of course when nessesary. I do everything expected from me to do with pleasure:)
• United States
19 Sep 07
It's always good to have friends for a long period of time. That way you know you can trust them and don't mind helping people like that.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Sep 07
Yes, ctry, I would consider myself that kind of friend. I also would do anything to help a friend in need. I would also expect that they would have my back if I needed them. These days the word "friend" is tossed around and used so lightly, that I'm not sure people really know the true meaning of the word. A true friend is to be cherished and is worth more than gold.
• United States
19 Sep 07
You are so right about the word friend. I think since the internet it has changed a lot. People have forgot the true meaning of the word.
@naty1941 (2336)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I have done a lot for friends and they have done a lot for me too. However, once in a while I have been disappointed by a friend. One has to be careful and develop good friendships that will last a lifetime if possible.
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• United States
17 Sep 07
I have experienced the same thing. I would go above and beyond helping someone but when I needed a friend they weren't there for me. I have learned to be careful.
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@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
17 Sep 07
My sister (and best friend) is like you. No matter what is going on she will do anything she can to help her friends. I would like to think that I would do that for a friend too. However I am a bit anti-social and don't get really close to people. The ones that I am close to though I would do anything for. Sometimes though I have seen my sister get taken advantage of because she so much wants to help people. Many people she has met have been less then moral and I wish she could sometimes be less generous to people. Somehow she needs to find a happy medium to be kind without losing the shirt off her back.
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• United States
19 Sep 07
I wouldn't say you are anti social! I'm the same way though. I don't get close to people very easily.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
18 Sep 07
im always a faithful firned as loong as i know that my frined is also a good person like me. but i tend to shift my attitude when my frined is bad and not really a good friend. but if his a good person, i am as good as him or her in anyways he has been with me. i admit as a friend, i am not perfect but i assure that i will do my best to help and accompany real friends in joy and in pain.
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@laurika (4532)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I don't have a many friends, but those who I have are very very good I am lucky to know this people.Yeah I would give my friends almost anything they will ask for.Like when I travel somewhere I always think about them , what I could bring them, what they would like and what's up with them, while we are not in the touch for a little bit. I try to be best friend they ever had.I am trying to find always time, when they are hurt to listen them or laugh with them when they are happy.I try them to motivate, when they are sad and support them when ther are not succesfull. Friends mean for me a lot.It 's hard to find them , but easy to lost them.
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• United States
19 Sep 07
I don't have a lot of friends either...mostly acquaintances.
• Malaysia
17 Sep 07
I'm a good friend. Maybe it's just my own thought. I will do whatever i can to help my friends if they need my help. i treat them good and they treat me good too.
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@chym1101 (169)
• China
17 Sep 07
All my friends have said to me that you are such a considerate girl. Yes, maybe I am a considerate friend. In fact, I am a sensitive girl, and I think of many things very carefully usually. My friends are my favorit persons, I love them and I like to care for them.
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• China
18 Sep 07
when i was in junior high school,my friends disappointedme.they sometimes betray me or laugh at me because i am weak-kneed.so i had bad impression of friends.after that,i was in senior high school,i learned to be cute and i found the new friends treat me better than old ones.the way i treat my friends is not beside them everytime,but connect when we need.after i left the school,i found i yearn my friends.
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@bakakon (77)
• Philippines
18 Sep 07
NOW AND THEN, BEING ME IS WHAT IVE TREASURED BECAUSE iM A PERSON WHO IS GENTLE TO OTHERS,AND ALWAYS THINKING POSITIVELY.IM SO PROURD THAT I HAVE THIS KIND OF PERSONALITY I PROVED TO MY SELF THAT MY FRIENDS LIKE ME AS WHAT IVE OBSERVE.WHEN SOMEONE NEED ME I ALWAYS THEIR FOR THEM COZ I REALLY LOVE MY FRIEND I DONT KNOW WHY? WHY IM SO CLOSE WITH THEM BECAUSE WHEN I HAVE A PROBLEM MY FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS THEIR FOR ME TO SUPPORT ME, TO GUIDE ME, ESPECIALLY THEY LOVE ME.... YOU? WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU? SHOW IT .. DONT BE SHY ITS ONLY TELLING THE TRUTH..
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
18 Sep 07
I've been with my friends since childhood, so we are all familiar with each other. The best thing is, we support one another, We share almost everything, we give credit tot hose who excell in their crafts and advice those who have worries. No matter how busy we are, we always have time to get along and meet to celebrate the relationship we have through all the years we've been together.
@grestips (155)
• China
20 Sep 07
oh ,hi friend,nice to meet you on mylot.for me ,i am glade to listen to others too when my friends have some problem or boring matters.i would like to help others if they have difficult with something.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I am a very good friend and would go out of my way to help my friends. I have helped others out with food when I had very little. I have helped them with money when I was barely getting by. I have friends who have done the same for me. I have made mistakes and trusted a few who were not really my friends, but sometimes we must learn from our mistakes. I guess that I am too caring of a person and often give too much of myself though. I am still learning I suppose although I am not as trusting of others as I once was.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I'm a good telephone friend, I too give advice when I can. But I'm a bad, show up and help out friend. It seems like my friends need me most when I'm working or sick or injured. If feel like I let them down. So often, my phone presense is all I have to give. I have been able in the past to share food and to loan money. But not any more. I'm in a bad financial situation. But I do the best I can to help out by finding food. A friend was growing through her shelves and was going to throw food out. So I told her I knew people who would eat it, that saved her extra pounds to get charged at the town dump and saved some people in my family from being hungry. So it worked out well for everyone. I have a limit to what I can do to help my friends and they know that. Take care. Interesting topic.
@rouwel23 (1353)
• Philippines
20 Sep 07
I am a good friend. I have done like giving financial assistance to my friends. I even have become my friends designated driver. I give my friends want they want. Even though sometimes my brother thinks I have done so much and that my friend is just fooling me. sometimes we can not see our friends faults. and we tend to cover some of our friends faults and try to say and hope that our friends could change for the better. friends are necessary. No man is definitely an island. and we need friends in our lives. but try to screen out friends. I have been not good with my judgment when it comes to friends. I have been with some bad company. as they say bad company corrupts good character. good luck and enjoy your friends.
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• Philippines
18 Sep 07
Every one of us needed friends especially when it comes to the time that you really need a friends like you have a lot of problems. You really need friends to lean on your problemBut me I can say that I can a type of guy that could lean on your problem. I am a type of person that when you say it is a secret it should keep a secret. Nothing will know about it, and especially. I am atype of person that can understand you no matter who you are, either you are poor or rich but rarely I want freinds that are simple, honest, and etc. But sometimes I am a type person or friends that are all disagree when it comes tosome decision and etc. Me I love my friends i will fight for them no matter what happen because there is a saying says," no man is an island"