Fair Weather Friends
By Yanzalong
@yanzalong (19091)
Indonesia
December 22, 2017 8:28pm CST
I hope we are not such friends. We truly want the ones who can help us out when we are in difficult times. I knew a few people who are willing to help others financially. They are even willing to lend or give their money and nothing they expect in return.
Did it happen to you when you were loaded, more friends came to you to accompany you wherever you wanted to go? But when you were peniless, they seemed to stay away from you.
These people deserve to be called friend-in-need-is-a-friend-indeed people.
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9 responses
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
24 Dec 17
They just want to be close to someone they think has a lot to splurge with them.
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@JudyEv (382357)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Dec 17
@yanzalong We have had people who were happy to let us pay for, say, a meal because they thought we had plenty of money.
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@toniganzon (77261)
• Philippines
23 Dec 17
I used to have people like those and I got rid of them too long time ago. It's been years since I decided not to be sucked on by people who call themselves my friends only when they need me.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
23 Dec 17
This is a routine for me. I do not mind it even. Why should I. If God is giving me to feed them who am I to avoid them.?
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
23 Dec 17
The problem is that when you are in financial problem, they will stay away from you.
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
23 Dec 17
@yanzalong God is great towards me. It did not happen so far.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Dec 17
Yes they just want you to spend on them. Family is the worst.
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
23 Dec 17
They didn't try to get up because they knew they would do it.
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I have never been loaded though, so i can't really say if more friends will come
@Shiva49 (28390)
• Singapore
23 Dec 17
I had posted one one on friends that elicited lots of responses and discussions:
I had mentioned in passing that some stay away at the slightest hint of another needing help.
Yes, it is a fact only few stay the course - most turn out as fair weather ones.
I help others financially for emergencies but I will not overextend - siva
Frankly I have few real friends, but there are always the well-wishers to chip in in times of need. I try to keep a distance as some friends were intrusive. My...
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
23 Dec 17
My husband and I went through a small really poor time, and I realized something at that point. No one cares if your poor and they will probably avoid you.
