"Your Old Friend May Not Be The Best Anymore"

Philippines
February 2, 2012 9:48am CST
I got that quote from one of the advertisement that's been shown here in the Philippines. It caught my attention and I keep on thinking of it. It is really true. My old friend is not the best anymore. I keep on pondering how come it happened. Maybe it is really our fate that I can't consider her as a best friend anymore. Do you guys agree with it?
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10 responses
@MandaLee (3756)
• United States
2 Feb 12
Hi CraziestQueenEver, I agree with it. I ended a friendship with my former best friend. Over time, it became stressful for me to continue being friends with her. Now, I wonder why I did not end the friendship sooner. I do not wish to be friends with her again.
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
Sorry to hear that... Why did you end your friendship?
@MandaLee (3756)
• United States
2 Feb 12
She was always getting into serious legal trouble. Being around her became a major source of stress and was not enjoyable for me anymore. I began to realize that I could not fix her or save her from her own bad or foolish choices.
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Sad to say. I think that's the best.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
a pleasant day craziestqueenever, my eyes was really captured by the main topic that you have posted. that line was really happened to me. that my old friend was not my best friend anymore. as i really do not know why. i remember helping her to be in our company and be accepted to the position. but after sometime, i really don't know what was happened. that i cannot understand her anymore. her attitude towards me has been changed. and our relationship was ruined by intrigues and we have come up to go on separate lives. thus the friendship lies within was all gone. hence, that line is indeed true to me.
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
yeah, i am really looking forward to have more friends again. as they say, if you loose one, you will find a dozen. hence, i am not looking for a dozen, but, i am looking for a sincere one. have a nice day.
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Good to know that we are on the same page! It is really so sad that your old friend has changed and your the relationship was ruined. Let's just be positive that know that they're gone we can find for a new one.
@chi2nasrin (1101)
• Malaysia
3 Feb 12
I kind of agree with this.... A lot of my friends that used to be so close to me, well... is not so close anymore. Mostly because they get married and have their family and need to give undivided attention to them. I think over time, people can and will change.. it is just a matter of time.
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
People change and sometimes it's just a matter of time.
@eljayo (1105)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Hi! I believe this, if you do not have a strong foundation. People do change sometimesand it may either make you closer or may make him drift away from you.
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
I think it is really a part of our life that people come and go.
@tatzkie23 (770)
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
I have tons of friends, and acquaintances. I've met them in different areas of my life. Some people come and go. But still i always cherish the old friends. I lost my bestfriends too after we graduated from highschool. We had never seen each other again until now. They've met a lot of people and had some changes. I still considers them as my old friends but they're not that best anymore. People change sometimes. I can't do nothing about it.
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
That's Great! I also cherish my old friend for they are a part of life.
@Heixyin (175)
• Malaysia
3 Feb 12
Well, I personally have nothing to say what so ever to this quote. I believe it all depends on the recipients. That would just be a quote for you to dot on, whether it's true for you, it's your choice. But for this quote, I think I might not really agree with it. My old friend may not be the best, but I would make them the best in my heart. Won't that be better? No offence but if you really think that quote is true, you might actually lose your old bonds with your old friend. Anyways, it's actually up to you if you want your old buddies to be the best or not. I would say that the quote is just a flank, an auto suggestion to cause distrust in society. Sorry for being skeptical but, that would be my opinion. Thanks for listen, hope this helped:D
• Philippines
3 Feb 12
Hello! I do respect your opinion! They may not be the best anymore but still I treasure them as a part of my life.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
2 Feb 12
Good quote and it makes a lot of sense. My ex husband and I have a mutual friend who had stopped by for a visit one day. He was telling me a story of how my ex had gotten really upset with him over something stupid and they had a pretty heated exchange of words. He said pretty much this same thing. He said, "Sid, ya know, sometimes I think if it were not for the fact that we've been friends for so many years, I don't think we would be friends at all. Sometimes I really just don't like the guy."
• Philippines
2 Feb 12
It really has a sense! It is really sad when you and your friend had a rift. That is so heart-breaking.
• Canada
6 Feb 12
That is a thought evoking quote and largely true. It is not unusual to out grow or grow apart from our childhood friends. Sometimes, we don't even know how we have grown so far apart as best friends. Sometimes, we finally see the true person our best friend is and realize that we don't want them in our lives anymore. Life is ever changing and we learn that some friends are only meant to be with us for a season.
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
6 Feb 12
Hi there! I want to agree with it coz I feel like its somehow true in my case. Most of my friends before are no longer the best for me, maybe because we lack communication and we grew up apart... I mean we all have our own life now and we are walking in a different path, we may not be as close like before, but they are still my friend and there are also some things about them that my new friends can't replace. But there are also some old friends who remains the best, they are the one who stays with me through ups and downs and who are still there supporting me and caring for me despite the distance. So maybe its case to case basis...
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
6 Feb 12
It sadly does ring rather true to life when one thinks about it. Time passes and people change in life. Perhaps you change as well. When you meet up with people that you have drifted apart with, old friends, perhaps you get the impression that this person is not the person that you new. Fresh life experiences, falling in with different people, sometimes the wrong crowd is rather something that changes. In the end, sometimes life is going to rather pull us right into different directions. That is why we should cherish a friendship while we still can. A friend, any friend, might not be someone who you connect with as time passes. It is just that sad truth about life. We tend to rather just drift to say the very least and life pulls us down different roads.