Opposites attract or Birds of a feather
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20370)
March 18, 2023 6:33am CST
Have you ever seen two best friends who share the following traits: very negative, very critical of everything but themselves, very demanding, not too bright, know very little but always tell people that they know everything, always blame someone else for their own mistakes even when there are solid evidence, etc?
I met a set (two new staff members) at work recently and have been very puzzled in how they could be best friends to each other.
Can you figure out how they could be best friends with each other when they dislike everyone else but themselves only?
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@arunima25 (79204)
• Bangalore, India
18 Mar
I know a few people like that. But they don't have friends. It is hard for anyone to become friends of such characters. Their friendship doesn't bring any joy of friendship. Good that these two have found each other.
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@YrNemo (20370)
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19 Mar
@arunima25 I have a suspicion that they do so because they like dramas and like stirring up troubles. Some egocentric people really goes out of their way to be the centre of attention.
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@YrNemo (20370)
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19 Mar
I have the same thought, so I am observing them intensely to see if there should be a fall out. One is very immature and acts like a spoilt brat, the other is older, more stylish, smarter, grumpier (and the latter could have got away with her fibs but the former is dragging the latter down with her).
As a matter of fact, the latter has already said that she is NOT that close to the former after watching some of the former's faux pas -. (and the former said something similar weeks before the latter's arrival.).
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@JimBo452020 (44013)
• Montrose, Scotland
18 Mar
I have seen a few like you describe on here over the years
And lo and behold they form little cliques and become bestest buddies.
It was more apparent on here in the early days
Like magnets they attracted each other.
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@JimBo452020 (44013)
• Montrose, Scotland
18 Mar
@YrNemo
They need to feel part of a clan no matter who or what.
It makes them feel included
Think about it, only people like themselves would be viable friends for them
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@YrNemo (20370)
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18 Mar
@JimBo452020 I felt sorry for them in a sense, both look so unhappy 99% of the time (the other 1% is when they managed to cause trouble to others successfully. You could see that they were so alive then!) 
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@snowy22315 (150758)
• United States
18 Mar
I am going with Birds of a Feather...You didn't describe the other person but I assume they are similar...probably both narcisscists.
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@allknowing (114743)
• India
19 Mar
They have an option to select and they have done that.
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@RebeccasFarm (90608)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
18 Mar
I have had that experience all my life in picking partners..I am a fool. or rather I was.
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@YrNemo (20370)
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19 Mar
That is why this situation is so odd! So far they have backed each other in doing bad things which really disrupt the daily running of our team. We guess they do so partly because they realize they can not deliver re; their work performance - they are like two fish out of water (but why did they apply for the job then?)
@DaddyEvil (118291)
• United States
18 Mar
No, I haven't met best friends like that. I have met single people like that, though. Usually, they don't seem to have a best friend and usually don't have very many regular friends.
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@coldplay8 (1976)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
18 Mar
i can't but yeah, similar goes with similar
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@coldplay8 (1976)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Mar
@YrNemo precisely and they never think they are weird themselves.
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