How to find a true, real friend?

my friends - our hands
January 6, 2011 11:02pm CST
Well since grade school we never had lots of friend from our neighborhood. Until we decide to move to another place when I was in high school. Still the place we transferred are not close to us. And now on our present house is still we don't really know our neighbors and we are not close to them. That's why I only got friends from school and church. And also from my Herbalife friends. Still want to be with much more friends and enjoy life. Hang out with them. We only hang out once or twice a month. Most of the time Im with boyfriend. But still friend is different from a lover. How about you? Good day! God bless!
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• Philippines
7 Jan 11
It's good to have friends. No man is an island,so we need someone in our life. That is why it is normal people look for friends. Above all,if we really want a true friend, God is the best of all.
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24 Jan 11
Yes I agree with you. Friends are everywhere but real friends are just few. ts so nice to have many friends you can hang out with, someone who will makes us happy, and so on. Friends are really gift from God. We never know unless there's a circumstances that we bond with them and accidentally meet us up. Good day! God bless!
• United States
7 Jan 11
At least you have some friends from church and school. I basically have no social life right now and all my friends live far away. However, I did meet a friend who comes by about once a week or so. She's cool and I really enjoy the visit when she does come by.
21 Jan 11
I think your friend really gives you some importance and time. She make sure that each time she visited you and bond with you even if she also might doing something else. I suggest to try to do and go somewhere else. Friendship is really on your way and you just have to treasure that and keep in touch with each other. Good day! God bless!
• United States
7 Jan 11
I think I am in the same boat as you, during my high school years, I barely had friends that lived the same neighborhood per say. Most of my friends were in a driving distance of at least 15 minutes. Where I am currently living, I don't any neighbors which I personally consider friends they are more like acquiantances. I mean I do talk to them, when we're outside in the front yard, but like to visit them inside their homes or vice versa, it is very rear. I graduated from highschool more than 10 years ago, the only contact I have maintained is with maybe one or two friends in which I get with them maybe ever 2 months, other than that I sometimes chat with them online via Facebook, that's about it. The funny part of this is when I was in highschool I was part of the colorguard/band, and I just recently found out that a few of the colorguard/band members are currently living by my neighborhood. And I was telling my husband the band is reuniting in Homestead. Unfortunately I have yet to have to time to see them, but hopefully I will be able to meet up with them on day sooner than later.
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21 Jan 11
Its a small world isn't it? You will never recognize all of people unless you talk to them and find some connections between you. Living in a place for a long time is a good choice to find a real and true persons. Still to keep good friend you have to build and good connection and have a good times with each other. At at point while enjoying your life with them they wil appreciate you too and called you as their friends. Good day! God bless!
@kramsgir (146)
• Philippines
7 Jan 11
i guess you don't really find them.., they find you.., they're like gifts from God given to you in times when you rally need someone by your side..,
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21 Jan 11
You really have a point. But the people I can hang on and helps me in everything right now is my boyfriend who is always with me. And when I have a problem about him I usually ask for some advice by my mother. We are not really close to everyone except to our family. Relatives are not always with us so we just see each other when there's an occasions. Good day! God bless!
@rage35 (344)
• Philippines
7 Jan 11
I had so many friends since my childhood years and when I grew up. We are still friends. Some of them has already meet new friends but still we see each other but no more hang outs. We only hang out with my best friend who is also my childhood friend.
21 Jan 11
I think its because we never hang out with them. And since my sister and I are mostly just here playing inside our home that's why we don't have any chance to be with them. But there was a time that in grade school almost everyday we are playing in front of our house with our neighbors and when we get older we never see them again. Since we moved to another house and place. Good day! God bless!
• China
7 Jan 11
As the proverb says:It is easy to get treasure;It is hard to find a bosom friend. One of the experience summed up by our predecessors is that a man is known by the company he keeps.
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21 Jan 11
Well, of course in every rose there's a torn and we never feel the wound until it hurts. Just like love. Real friends are not all the people around us. And it doesn't mean that if we're together we are called friends. I can say that still they are people saying something on our backs. So beware to them. Just be good to them and be true to ourselves and everything will follow according on what really wants. Good day! God bless!
@allamgirl (2140)
• Philippines
8 Jan 11
I guess you don't always find out right away if a person is gonna be a true friend or just kind of a hang-out friend. But then again, hang-out friends can be true friends if you build a solid friendship with them. If during those hang-outs, you share yourself with them and they do the same to you. I guess when it comes down to it, finding a real true friend is totally up to you and the person that you want to be friends with.
@allamgirl (2140)
• Philippines
25 Jan 11
Exactly, it all depends on you. Like if one person wants to be your friend but you don't want him to, he can't really be a true friend if you don't allow him to be one. Yup. Sometimes, the persons who you don't think could be your friend could surprise you. So I guess, you just give every person a chance to be a good friend.
24 Jan 11
So you mean it depends on my choice. If who ever I want to hang out with. And turn into called friends then as time goes by and as I be with them in different situation, experiences and circumstances they may be called real friends. I still have few true friends thats why I treated them well. Keeping them as if I don't want to lose them. Good day! God bless!
25 Jan 11
Your right. We have to give equal chance to everyone. If they really want to become our friends they will do everything just for us. And if we don't really like them they will feel the same. And yeah some of my friends surprise me especially when we look back on how we met and know each other. Good day! God bless!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
10 Jan 11
My actual closest friend lives 1000 miles away from us now because of her husband's job. She is also a very busy woman with her five going on six children. However, I do have some friends here that I do make an effort to spend time with a couple of times a month. I've recently become friends with one girl and she and I hang out on a pretty regular basis. We really have a lot in common and the fact that we have things in common is the reason that we like to spend time with each other.
24 Jan 11
Your just interested with each other and finding some ways to bond. Being together has a purpose. Like bonding with each other is worth until you both realize that its getting closer and better than before. But I also had a story different from you. My college best friend is not really my type. She is so serious and studious. But what I really like about her is that he is so kind to everyone and I can say that Im so lucky to be with her. Good day! God bless!
• India
8 Jan 11
There is a saying birds of the same feather flock together. We generally find people flocking around us whose interests match with ours. If you are interested in studies you will find studious friends, if you are interested in music you will find friend who are interested in music too. To find a true and real friend you will have to be a true and real friend yourself.
24 Jan 11
I dont think that its all circumstances are based in this saying. Based on my experience not all my friends are just like me. In my college days and the only friends that I know had a different interest and attitude between us. One of my friend are really studious and serious type. And the other one is jolly and a busy on her job while studying. And me who love fashion and an average student. We dont have any connection until we just want to be friends. Good day! God bless!
• Philippines
7 Jan 11
Hello there! It is not that easy to find a real friend. You can easily find and have some you can refer to as a friend in any extent of the so called friendship but rarely can you find someone you can call a "real friend". Time tests the foundation of friendhip and many of us fail to reach the standard of the friendship we have tried to build from the start. Friend don'nt stay. And even if they do, they become disaster sometimes! I think the key in frindship and to sinply become a real one.[b][/b]
• Philippines
7 Jan 11
sorry for the wrong spelling. I was having a technical problem in my pc when I posted this. :-)
24 Jan 11
Hi.. Yeah time really test those friendship that we got started. Time is a good foundation in having a real friends. Just like our classmate in school, our neighbor and co-workers. It will build a good relationship with them. Not all of them are true to us. As time goes by you will see the real them. At first they are nice and soon they will be bad on you. And some are really good from the start and up to now. Good day! God bless!
@Pisces54 (49)
• United States
7 Jan 11
My true friends are my sisters. I don't really have a friend outside of my family. I have colleagues or co-workers outside of my family, and I call them social friends. We can hang out and have fun but not really share the most important feelings that I keep to myself. I found out that I can trust my sisters so they became my friends. Finding a true friend is hard. But it doesn't mean I can't find a true friend outside of my family, I just have to look for that person. But at the present time I am satisfied with my true friends. The fewer the better. Good luck with your search for a friend.
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21 Jan 11
Yes you cannot find a real friends in just a blink of an eye. It takes a lot of time and experience with them is a must. We never know unless we really know them and be with them for a long time. It just happen that we are only inside our home and cant mingle to other because we are shy and we don't feel to talk with them. Good day! God bless!
• India
8 Jan 11
Good friends or good friendship everything takes some time. Within hours you cant find good frnds. and ofcourse friendship depends on certain things. Like, how much dependable you r, how trustworthy, honest you r...all these factors really matters. And also one more thing matter some times..."incidents". Certain incidents happen in our life which gives us good frnds. I remeber, with one girl I used to stay in hostel. I nvr liked her. Because may be I have nvr tried to know her. Then slowly we were becoming frnds. Then one very bad incident happened in our city. That time we both were present there and that incident made us to get closer to each other and we became very very good frnds.
24 Jan 11
Yes finding true friends takes time and need to have a good and memorable experience with them. Attitude are the key of this friendships. Like building a business you have to work for it. Good and bad experience may be a good sign for being friends. You must have a link with each other and when both sides relate to the topic so it creates a good conversation and everything will follow. Good day! God bless!