Anyone agree? No matter how 'close' you consider a friend there is always possibility of being stabbed in the back, when you need others the most they become as distant and cold as ever, no sobbing just raw facts, we are animals conditioned to believe otherwise, but we are just as wild as any.
True friendship definitely exists. Sometimes even if people part ways they can say that the person they spent time with was once their friend.
So why did they drift apart? Because the relationship went above shallowness, which is when friends are best. I don't want to get personal but I wouldn't mind isolation or just leaving this world, but I want better discussion than 'no don't do it!11'
I don't think I have any true friends that aren't relatives, the rest are sadly an exchange of benefits that last as long as the benefits do.
True friendship is more like family IMO. The people you treat like family. You don't get too many in this life though, I've probably had 3-4 and I'm 23.
No, I wouldn't mind leaving, not suicidal, no way to do it 100% efficiently and pain free. My view is that I am complete and have no need to stay, BUT my ultimate goal for staying is to complete my son, to have him become a man, and I have nothing to hold on to then. I have close family, like 5 people including my son, that only goes so far...
people often confuse good time buddies or acquaintances as friends, friends are few and far between. pretty much the only time you can tell if you got a friend is when shit gets tough and do they cut and run or stick with you. one of the most important things in life you can do is become your own best friend, then you dont have to worry about others. people come and go all the time, the only constant is yourself.
There's always a chance you'll get back stabbed by anyone, you can't ever be 100% sure about what someone's thinking. Truth is true friendship is nothing compared to bonds found in family's. I'm not talking about just blood bonds, if you grew up with someone or basically went through everything a family would, then they're family. If you were abandoned by your parents and met them 20 years later, they're not family, they're nothing to you. But the people you grew up with are everything. Point here is that friends are simply friends. You can rate them in importance, such as your "true friends", but in the end, they're still friends and come with the same risks.
You reap what you sow. This thread made me think back to an old friend I used to have. This guy lived on the stoners river in the sand dunes where we'd go smoke bowls back in the high school days. We all used to smoke him out but I took some time to get to know the guy..listen to what he had to say, even took his stinky ass for a ride to the gas station to fill his propane tank once. It was the first time he'd ridden in a vehicle in a decade. IDK what the morale of the story is but i'll be a friend to anyone.
Just curious so this guy was homeless I'm assuming? If so, good for you. I like hearing about stuff like this. It's nice to know people like you still exist.
Its hard to lose a child, and loneliness has followed me all my life to quote Travis Bickle, typically in the form of shallow relations. Woke up from a dream to this cold world, what a shame.
I disagree although i only have about 3-4 true friends i could count on %99 i've known two of them for 20+ years and they have definitely proved to me they are true friends over those years.
I have true friends and I am a real friend... even to those I don't like that much, I'm still a real friend
You guys are some heartless fuckers. I have friends that I would literaly trust with my life because they've been there and I'll be there for them. I still catch up with my mate from junior school and we can just chill and be perfectly happy doing nothing. If you define a friendship as an exchange of benefits then you need to socialise more man.
I'm another believer in true friendship. I have had friends that were closer to me than my spouse, and I am fucking in love. I agree that you have to be a true friend to get them, and maybe you gotta learn to watch out for fuckers.