Is Friendship Mutual..??

@bond027 (107)
India
September 12, 2011 7:43am CST
Hello Friends..!!I think everyone here have some best friends in there lives..So I have a doubt rather I would say a unanswered question i.e wheather friendship is mutual or not ??? what i mean is.....suppose you consider a person to be your best friend,here does it mean that you are also his/her best friend..in other words does he/she should also consider you as your best friend....as like give and take policy!! I don't think so...I think to choose best friends is a independent decision and it cannot be reciprocal...what do you think my MyLot Friends....???
10 responses
• India
12 Sep 11
truely friendship should always be mutual .... if its not mutual then why to call it a friendship. it is just a deal that you do with others .. when he\she doesnot accept us as friend then why to take interest in them... be happy as you are with friends u have (mutual).. not from single side..
• United States
12 Sep 11
Eventually friendship can be mutual but in some cases it may not be in the beginning when people are hurt because of their past it could take them more time to get over it and trust another. My friendship with my best friend is mutual, but we both went through alot together before we considered each other best friends.
@umabharti (3972)
• India
26 Sep 11
yes it is mutual ,if u feel the other person a best friend the other person should also feel u as a best friend.
• Philippines
13 Sep 11
For one to consider each other as best of friends there exists a special kind of relationship between the two of them or else that is not considered as the best of friends. What you are referring to maybe that once you have a best friend you don't close your options for other friendships as well. My best friend and I likes almost the same thing and we understand that each of us have our own set of friends.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Sep 11
For me a friendhsip should be mutual. Both of you should have that camaraderie feeling towards each other. What's the use of feeling friend with someone when that someone doesn't acknowledge it or reciprocate your nice feeling to her or him. It got to be mutual for it to stand through thick and thin.
13 Sep 11
hi:) I think it should be mutual, because it's is like where you and your friends are helping each other.mutual friendship where you both friends help each other without any selfishness, and that's impossible to do if the other don't treat you as their friends as well.
@cow_boy29 (236)
• United States
13 Sep 11
i thoink is so very mutual for me because i can contact with them, know their posting, so add me as your friend man
@esteria (396)
• India
12 Sep 11
I believe friendship to be reciprocal in nature but not exactly the give and take variety but it is a feeling of mutual trust and understanding. If i were your friend i would like to believe you are also on the same page with me. Unless that happens our fellowship can not prosper. Having one sided friendship is like having a one sided relationship. No matter how much you may love the other you always need him to love you back.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
12 Sep 11
Well for it to be strictly friendship, in its strictest sense, it would most certainly have to be mutual. I mean, looking at it this way, the word "friend" tends to get thrown around rather loosely in this day and age. There are many times where we might think we have some good friends. However all they are is just extremely good and close acquaintances. There are many times where we do have many friends in life but they are not good friends. They are just people that we get along with rather well. Plus there are many cases of mistaken friendship. We could think that a person is our friend. However they are just going to use us for their own means, whatever those means might be. So it is a rather tricky situation to say the very least. I think that we would like to think that we would have many friends but really a lot of things we think are friendship, we could be mistaken. And they could not be considered mutual by any means. Friendship on the other hand, should be considered very mutual.
• United States
12 Sep 11
My and my best friend mutually call each other best friends. We do not force it. We just are each others best friends. We are complete opposites and have been through a lot together. Me and her would both think differently about this. I have n=more than one best friend because there is more than one person I have been through hell in back with. She also has more than one best friend. However, her other best friend is like family. We respect each other no matter our difference and that to me makes us both best friends. My best friend believes that she has friends that consider her a best friend that she does not consider a best friend, but she does respect them.
• China
13 Sep 11
I think it must be mutual.What I mean is not your best friend regard you as his/her best friend,because your social circle and the person you contact maybe different from each other,but you are concern about each other and share your own happiness and sorrow with each other.And sometimes you can't rank your friend such as the best,better or good,for they are all important in your life.