Friends are plentiful when money is overflowing...

I hate it when that happens. More annoying is that when you don't respond to the people's friendliness towards you, they will label you as a snob. Haha, and then we also call those people opportunistic bast-rds. Sharing is fine even to the people who don't plan to share any with you in return. However, we have to be careful about being abused also.

They were all facade! If they come from a point when you were at the top, they were just being a socialite, trying to with you for your your money and the benefits they earned from you. Plus elevating their ego of having you as a friend. When you were at the bottom and suddenly won a lottery, try to consider someone as a friend to you when you were down rather than considering those people who were with you when you are already at the top!

I say let them take a bullet for you but don't bite it...they are not your friend and when push came to shove, these people that come around only when you have money are not the ones that would ever take a bullet for you. In fact they'd be the first to throw you under the bus.

All these are fair weather friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed; I think you are aware of this age-old saying.

This is very true. Many people are making friends with you if you have a lot of money. Then they disappear if you have nothing left. In my own opinion, they like you because of what you have and not on who you are. They absolutely users. I haven't experienced this but I know that this is really true.

Its natural and human, yeah. The only difference is that such "friends" don't really count as friends, happens in the case of most of the people I guess

I had that experience before.. I have much money than I can spend all of my friend were there for me, joining me every time I go to the mall, they even tell me if I can treat them,at first I said yes, but after that I don't do it anymore, when suddenly, the money that I have has been needed for some emergency purposes, all of sudden those friends that I thought were my friends just disappear they won't even bother joining me again.. Well I guess money is important to them.. and I call them USER!

It's true primarily because you can afford to spend money for your gimmicks as well as for theirs. The sad part of it is that you may be aware of it but you don't care because you're still in it. Once money is gone then comes the realization that friendship based in in all those gigs won't last long, that you are as good only as your money is available. It's good to spend for friends why not, but never spoil them with it or they will abuse you. But not all friends are like that, they may be enjoying your lavish treatment but some will stick to you no matter what. Those friends should be cherished.

It's a quote which I found out an old song from Billie Holiday, it says, “Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the spending ends They don't come no more.” True to some people who may have experience such thing. What I noticed is when someone just came from their work abroad, there will be lots of relatives and friends who will be visiting you. BUt when you lose the job or you've been in the country for a long time, slowly they will forget you. 'Though not always what happens, some genuine friends and relatives who truly cares will sometimes be around when you needed them.