is friendship all about giving or about give and take?

there is a diffrence of a true friendship and a passing ship in the nite. I have many true friends that I have had for years . my best friend and I have a 32 year friendship. The only thing we each expect from each other is moral support.. nothing more. A real friendship can withstand anything, bad feelings from time to time, disagreements etc . I am the type of person who is a giver.. I give to my friends all the time .. if its of myself or I like to pick up a gift from time to time just becouse I want to . I don't expect that from my friends. What you give to a friend should always come from the heart. If its becouse they feel they Have to or return the favor then it's my feelings its not a true friendship. Just my 2 cents

You have to be a tremendously giving person to accept a friendship that is that one sided. But friendships are not about one to one trade offs either. Sometimes one friend needs more than the other one does but if it is one sided all the time, the friendship probably doesn't have much of a chance!

I expect something from a friend as they should also expect something from me. I expect my friends to be there when I need them; not when I'm on top and flying high bust also when I'm at a very low point in my life. Tracy Lawrence wrote a song about this. Find out who your friends are, somebody thats gonna drop everything...these are the friends I want in my life.

I think that in a friendship you should give freely and ask for NOTHING back in return. give your love, time, grace, presence, and happiness to the friends that you have, and they will see this love for them in you, and love you back, or atleast greatly appreciate and be a better person because of your loving actions. I beleive that the best and most important thing that we can do for eachother as human beings in society is to love one another and treat eachother with kindness and compassion at all times. I am not saying by any means that is easy, but let me tell you something: I am more financially stable than most of my friends (I graduated early, they're all in college) and so I of course lend money to them al the time, buy food for them, pay for shows, and other such things. Well, I ran into a financial bind this weekend only to find my friends stepping up and pitching in for me and giving me money for no reason and asking if I needed help with anything at all. It was really touching, and i know that they did it for me because I do it for them whenever I can. That's true friendship, it's true love as well. We don't keep a record on eachother, we just help eachother out and love eachother and that's all you can ask for.

its give and take. in every relationship its always like that. cause if not its just a one way relationship. your selfish!

Friendship is really a give and take relationship...but if you were a friend you should not expect anything in return...when you give, it doesn't automatically implies that you will receive something in return...but if they does, it was only a blessing, it is never and should not be at all a rule...it's not even making demands.... On the other way around, if you were the one who receive most, you should find a way to give in return, which means your are able to figure it out that his/her effort..You should both work it out that on two ways... Have a nice day!

When any one thinks about real and genuine friendship regarding expecting some thing then it is very wrong! Because such friendship never based on this kind of things: There is done everything without giving-taking sense as well as it is so natural that no one will even note such things! I know that some time friendship develops from exchanging the things between like minded persons and then crosses the border of all such expectatins and other relatd things gradually and they are put in the realm of real friendship by THE FRIENDSHIP!

i dont expect anything in return

Everything in life should be done in exchange. So if you give good you should receive good, and vice versa. Now if you give nothing in exchange for something that is not ok, would remind me a criminal that takes something without giving anything in return!

Give and take is the part of life...but always try to give more and expect less.. The problem starts , when you have large expectations... And , if they are not fulfilled ,you get upset.. True friendship ,is giving what you can , without expecting a return...

The art of giving is just part of the friendship process. But we must not concentrate on this aspect only. Friendship is also understanding the other even if there nothing to give. It's like walking with one foot and the other foot is your friend's foot. =)

expectations and possessives are vein and artery of friendship, it doesnt means in money or help. It means caring and affection,

hmm... in my opinion, i always try to give without expecting returns. no matter what happen. because that's the meaning of friendship in my mind. a gud friend is never ask for more, but give more.. may angry but may not hate.. may hurt but always care.. can do mistakes but also forgives.. i think that's the meaning of the friendship in my life. =)

One cant just keep on giving without getting any..... Expectation will be there.. Our friend must understand that and fulfill that.. Both their needs should be balanced.. Only then the relation will sustain.. Do to the fullest and Don't expect anything is very easy to say.. But very very difficult to follow...

It is said that - "if you do not want to feel bad in your life, do not expect anything from anybody". We feel disappointed only when we start expecting something from our friends/near or dear ones and when we do not find our expectations getting fulfilled, we just feel let down and humilated and a kind of bitterness start building in us. In my view, it would be safer - if you do any favour to any of your friend, you should not expect anything for that. In that case, if your favour is returned you might feel more glad.

No relationship in this world exists if there is no give and take. Its like balancing. Of course that does not mean you should start expecting for everything you do in friendship. But if you are constantly giving and never receiving it means he/she is using you and is not your friend.