A True Friend

@dawnald (85135)
Shingle Springs, California
May 26, 2008 4:42pm CST
I've been seening a lot of talk over on Yuwie about how 'real friends' or 'true friends' act. What makes somebody a real friend in your eyes?
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
25 Jun 08
A friend to me is someone who knows you..... the good, the bad and the ugly and chooses to be your friend anyway. If a 'friend' stops calling or coming around because you don't seem to measure up in some way, then they were never really a friend to begin with.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
29 Aug 08
thanks for the best response.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Aug 08
You are welcome and sorry it took me forever to get back to it!
• United States
26 May 08
i don't have any frineds anymore because a lot of bad happened to me and nobody wants anything to do with me. a lot of ppl took advantage of me too. so it's better to be alone. however it has to do with the city and the enviroment i come from and where i'm at. i am certain it can all get better by leaving so. ca. forever. it is hell. and the ppl are horrible. more vicious than a thousand junkyard dogs. just taking what they can get and giving nothing or evil back. it really is the "hollywood style . it can't be bad like this everywhere else or society would disintegrate already. anybody that says los angeles is a normal place or enviroment has got to be evil. a sensitive person can't take it. it is very very rough and hard. and no long life sustainable. so in a normal enviroment, friends should always be there for each other and care and be honest and be on your side. none of which is happening out this way for me as of late.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 May 08
I grew up in LA and it has changed a lot. There are still nice people there but it's nowhere near as nice as when I was a kid. We have moved to Sacramento and the people are all much nicer here!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 May 08
It's not just you, people are a lot ruder than when I grew up there. Anyway I grew up in the SF Valley, Canoga Park and Northridge mostly. When I moved up here I was living in West Hills.
• United States
26 May 08
Hi Dawn . when you get a chance let me know what part of l.a you're from. i'm up in ventura right now, and looking for places to live. so. cal. just got so big. i wish i knew where the nice ppl are in l.a. lol .it must be me. sigh.... sandy
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• United States
27 May 08
Dawn for me its being honest, trust worthy, sympathetic, empathetic, caring and understanding of different parts of each others personality. Having commonalities with each other and being able to enjoy each others company even when nothing is being said. Thats the things I look for in a true friendship.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 May 08
I like that especially the part about being OK with nothing is being said (becus I'm quiet). :-)
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
26 May 08
As for yuwie, i think people need to realize how hard it is to keep up with so many people. i was doing really well at keeping up with people till i got so many friends. now i have over 500 friends and i can't seem to get to them all. even if i spend all day i usually only make it through one page of friends. it is hard to keep up with so many people. So as for online friends, i think its hard to find a real friend. I think a real friend is someone who knows something about you and talks to you often. a real friend is there when you need them. a real friend is someone you are willing to be there for too.
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@naseeha (1382)
• India
26 May 08
a true friend according to me is one whom you can rely or fall back upon. that person is someone you can turn to for help advice and anything at all in the world. And if that person is a true friend you can be confident of getting what you wanted. I am lucky to have one such friend
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 May 08
yes, it is great having somebody like that!
@suz1000 (159)
26 May 08
I think a true friend is always there for you no matter what, and can be relied on, I dont think you always agree with yor friends, and they wont always tell you want they know you want to hear, but thats a true friend one who can be honest, not someone who just gives you what they think you need even if it means lieing to you.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 May 08
If you can't be honest with a person and have honest differences of opinion, I don't see how a friendship can last either!
• Regina, Saskatchewan
25 Jun 08
Years ago I met a woman that drove me out of my mind. Literlly! LOL I call her a force of nature, because ten minutes in her company tired me to the bone. She became and still is my best friend. Why? Because we were always honest with each other and made a pact, that no matter what happened in our lives, or what other people said about us, to us about each other, or to others, that we would never let those things influence what we KNEW about each other. We knew who we were, who each other was and over the years, she has stood by that knowledge in the face of some pretty awful things, as have I. Friends believe 'in spite of....'. They trust in their knowledge of one another no matter what. They accept each other without judgement or prejudice or censor no matter how they may feel about something. And they are patient and let the other person make their own mistakes and are there when it all goes south, with love and comfort, not 'I told you so's'.
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28 Jun 08
i think true friends is more then just being there for you its helping you when need or makin you happy when you want to cry or sittin there when your cryin. or when you go to a party they dont leave you for a boy/gurl and you dont fight all the time:) ""true friends""
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