Do you know people that try to buy friends?

That is such a mild example, do you know? Back here I know of one family who gives travel tickets and branded bags academic prestige. Sadly, not only schoolmates clung to the rich student, teachers and administrators, too.

I have a friend, and she has this story.. she has an officemate, who tries to buy friends, sometimes, it's getting creepy already. This officemate gifts her and another friend, cellphone, shoes, branded watches and clothes, and all this is given on ordinary days, when there is no occasion. My friend felt creeps, and so she tried to move away from this officemate, the next thing they knew, this officemate has a new friend, whom he gives more lavish gifts.. It's just weird, that he thinks that if you give a lot of gifts you will have more friends.

I don't know of any, no. That is sad.

I've met this kind of person so many times before. Usually, this kind of person is a loose and they don't know how to make friends at all. The only way that they can figure out is by 'buying' them. Just wait and see, one day, when he/she's broke, then nobody are gonna be near him/her. Believe me, people around him/her are only come for one reason - take for granted.

that is sad,i can understand why you don't drink with them anymore,i can't stand people like that

Yes I have know people that have brought drinks for others and even paid for meals at restaurants. When that person would leave the table the others would talk bad about them. I did not like what they said so I quit hanging around those people. I do not think the people paying for everything realized that these other people are just using them because they treat them nice when they are around.

I have met people like this, and I don't think that they know that the only reason people hang around with them is because they buy them drinks. Most of the time, the person has a really poor personality. And, not purposely, but maybe subconsciously they are trying to make it up by buying the drinks for everyone around. Maybe some of the people who are hanging around them, kind of feel sorry for them. And that is why they say, "Well, since he is going to buy the drinks I guess I can put up with his obnoxious personality a little bit longer." Of course, they don't say that out loud. And maybe they don't even think it, again, it maybe a subconscious thing. Then again, there are other people who would be nowhere without this person. And even though they know they are doing wrong, they still hang around with them just to get by in life.

I wouldn't be surprised. I knew females who would do that. Hang out with certain guys because they knew they would get free drinks. I hated that. It just turned me off completely. I actually have heard them say "let him hang with us he will buy us our drinks."

I knew someone who love to spend her money in buying stuff for her friends, treating them at the bar, restaurants and etc. She is so generous to everyone to the extend that she's unconsciously taken for granted. I can't judge the person if he or she intentionally buying friends. Maybe they need someone to accompany them or perhaps looking for a real friend in a wrong way?