Do you choose your friend-intelligent or fool friend?

@hanah87 (1835)
Malaysia
May 1, 2009 3:29am CST
I dont like to choose my friends...but sometimes i need to choose among them who i should become close and be friend.Many people or old people if we take a friend who are intelligent as our friends,we will get benefit and if takes not intelligent friend we will get trouble....and sometimes i think i should admit it because before this i get a friends who are not intelligent and always just want play....they teach me to skip class and many.And sometimes it influence and atrract me.....and now i know i choose a wrong friends.....how you choose your friends?
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@jimmy87 (475)
• India
1 May 09
There's nothing like good friends or bad friends.Friends are just friends.You don't choose friends gauging that he/she is a intelligent or foolish person.A friend,whatever he/she is,can help you when you really need him/her. So,choose your friends who value the meaning of a friend from their heart and not mentally... Happy myLotting..my friend..
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@meyows (438)
• India
16 Jul 09
Both are there in my friends list, I can accept a friend who is good at heart.
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
17 May 09
Hello hanah87, I don't choose friends based on their intelligence. I welcome whoever that wants to be my friend. But, I am always in control in term of what kind of relationship I want to offer. If I realized that a friend is doing bad things to my life, I will try to advise the friend to change. If she can't, I will keep my distance and not to be influenced with that person. I love to have a small circle of good friends whom I can rely on during good and bad times.
@cortney09 (1345)
• United States
5 May 09
I choose my friends by the type of people that they are, not by whether or not they are intelligent. I think they type of person someone is, is most important. You can be friends with someone who is really not to intelligent and they could be really nice, or you could have a friend the other way around.
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
24 Jun 09
I will choose an intelligent friend.an intelligent friend will answer all my doubts in class.An intelligent friend will give me solutions to my problems.A fool friend will just waste my time in college.A fool friend will get me bad remarks from my professors.A fool friend will also ditch me when he gets a person better than me.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
8 May 09
I choose my friends based on compatibility and common interest as well as character. I have many acquantances but I only choose to get close to people who share a similar philosophy.
• India
2 May 09
I will chose a person who has a great sense of humor as a friend. I would make sure that they are in a happy mood all the time, and would never bring me down with their sadness. I would help them in their problems but they should have a +ve attitude to take the problem as a test and should live through it rather than cribbing about it and making others around them also sad. If between an intelligent friend and a foolish friend, I would choose both because both can be very important to the life. bourne
@eLsMarie (4346)
• Philippines
2 May 09
i don't really choose my friends and i do love hanging-out with the fools... :) life is too short for me to waste on living a life thinking of only coming it and out of school... :) i want to live life to fullest and laugh out till i drop... :)
• United States
2 May 09
For me having a friend does not really matter if they are intelligent or not. I have many friends with a wide range of smarts. Some are too smart for their own good while others are not so well. But I do not base that on my friendship with them. If I feel what they are doing is something I do not want to do then I will tell them so. But I will not tell them I don't want to be friends with them anymore because of it. I love interesting people. And I enjoy having a good time. I have some of the dumbest, and smartest people as my close friends and we all get along pretty well. I don't hangout with them everyday but when we do get a bit of time to spend it with each other we usually have a blast. I pick the few people who are usually down for anything, but not boring and uptight.
@yoyozhou (356)
• China
2 May 09
I choose friend whose thought is close to me or someone I admired or someone I am interested .No matter fool or clever,one must be a kind person.
@betsyhu (207)
• China
2 May 09
whatever intelligent or fool friend is all your friend, Why choose them by intelligent or fool ? what's mean to FRIEND ? The core is faith.
• United States
2 May 09
i would choose a friend who i could have fun with, one who could make me laugh and that i could crazy with so probably a fool friend cause that who i am also
• Philippines
2 May 09
I know how you feel hanah87.Yeah,you've got the point in there.There are these sayings, "Birds with the same feather,flock together" and "Tell me who your friends are,I'll also tell who you are".I probably won't agree that you've got to choose who your friends really should be.I mean we people are in this world to socialize,it's pretty normal.My point is that it's a matter on ourselves if we let the clique we are into control us.As for me,to choose between an intelligent or fool friend,it depends upon the situation.Like for example you are into a party and needs a company to enjoy, you wouldn't want to be with someone boring right? and if you're in need of help for your assignment,you'd probably ask to someone who knows it right?. Overall, I choose my real friends not because of what I can gain or get from them but rather on how sincere and real our friendship would be until the end.
• United States
2 May 09
I don't believe you choose your friends. I think it is a mutual attraction. The same goes for romantic relasionships. All good relasionships are mutually benificial. They can provide companionship, intamicy, a safty-net, a confidant, insperation, self-worth and many more things. By having a friend who is less intelegint can provide a feeling of superiority, a lackey and if the other person starts to depend on you you get the feeling of being needed. If you have a friend who is more inteligent you get a good sounding board for ideas and someone to help and guide you. Thise are just some examples of the effects of having friends and we seek out others who provide us with what we subconsiously need, and if it is mutually benificial than we form the bond of friendship.
• India
1 May 09
I choose both kind of people as my friends. They behave like a intelligent or a fool that completely depends upon situation. Many times a very intelligent friend performs or behaves like a fool in public & vice a versa. So thier is according to me you cant judge before making any friend. We come to know that after words.
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
1 May 09
You can say i choose between Good and Bad......... I would not choose my friend to be fool or intelligent......because fora friendship to survive or rather exist it really does not matter.... Friends are the ones who will always be there for you when you need them and you love spending time with them.......friends are the ones whom you choose not because of them being perfectionist but because they can be your good critics...... a friend who is a good critic of yours can really take you places.....a friend who always throws praises at you no matter how wrong you may be.....is not your friend in real sense..... i love my Friends not because they are intelligent.......i love them because they love me for the way i am.....they don't expect any fancies from me......because they know if they are wrong i will tell them they are wrong....... I feel if you can make your fool friend intelligent.....you have really achieved it......that's what i would call a friend......... Have a nice day !!!!! and happy mylotting.............
• Philippines
1 May 09
Choose your friends not according to their intelligence but according to their character. It's really great to have intelligent friends too but it is good that the people around you will be there when you seek help from them. Some stick to you because they want something from you, and you should avoid these kinds of people. I'm not really good in social interaction and many of the people around I don't consider 'friends', I just treat them like acquaintances. But I have a handful of friends who are still with me after all these years.
@4u2enjoy (300)
• Malaysia
1 May 09
i don't normally choose friends. they come by themselves or they must be a friend of my friend. i have some brainy friends and some not so brainy and like to play friends but i enjoy having fun with both of my group of friends. what matter most is how we handle it. what matter most is what do we choose to follow.
• Indonesia
1 May 09
i think smart friend is important, because they will help us in solving problem in our live. but i not refused friendship with stupid people,everyone have deficiency and excess, so it maybe Follish friend became good friend but smart friend harm us, so intelligent is not no 1 but the main trustiness
@ajzone (201)
• India
1 May 09
Of course foolish fren..coz its so fun to be wid foolish like me hehehe