Friendship
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I just removed myself from a very painful 6 months of a 46 year friendship this last November.
From what everyone else who knows both of us said , I was told ,I was the true friend.
In Jan 2000, I walked away from another friendship of 36 years.
Some people are just plain Toxic & have controlling attitudes.
I have 5 other friendship's of this length left.
I figure these will all make it through to the lifetime scenario.
From what everyone else who knows both of us said , I was told ,I was the true friend.
In Jan 2000, I walked away from another friendship of 36 years.
Some people are just plain Toxic & have controlling attitudes.
I have 5 other friendship's of this length left.
I figure these will all make it through to the lifetime scenario.
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From: South Texas
My best friend and I spent a good 2 years being absolutely awful to each other. Funny how after you get a little older and a little wiser, things that seemed important enough to lose a friendship over just aren't that important anymore. We have since become great friends again. Maybe you just get too old to be hot-tempered anymore. Either that, or you learn to understand (and accept) human nature a little better. 
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Originally Posted by Howdy
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose...
i had a friend of many years just lost em to the big H drug. it seems to be a common thing round here. i tried to be there for him, but when someone lies to your face about being on it then shows up at your house and tries to play with your 3-year old, well.....
not much of a decision.
on the other hand, the third of our trio was in a bind financially. i offered him the money, (a substancial amount) wrote up a contract for weekly payments. he held true to it for a while, but as life would have it, things got messy. i still retained him as a friend never making mention of the debt. later after the smoke cleared, he shows up with the exact amount still owed to the pennies (literally). now that's a friend worth holding on to!!
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Yep, that's a good one! Another is, "Never do business with friends and family." Never loan them money. A real friend never asks a friend for money. If you see a friend that needs it, (and it's more than the cost of a good meal), offer then empathy or time. It's what you're there for.
There's this guy I knew. I was in his wedding, we worked together, our families hung out doing bar-b-ques and such. I caught him stealing a twenty out of the wifes purse. We had given each other more than that over the years. I guess my friendship was worth $20. I didn't say a thing to him. Haven't seen him in 12 years.
A lasting friendship is kind of like a lasting marriage, both sides have to have the ability to burn the old bridges. It rare that that happens.
There's this guy I knew. I was in his wedding, we worked together, our families hung out doing bar-b-ques and such. I caught him stealing a twenty out of the wifes purse. We had given each other more than that over the years. I guess my friendship was worth $20. I didn't say a thing to him. Haven't seen him in 12 years.
A lasting friendship is kind of like a lasting marriage, both sides have to have the ability to burn the old bridges. It rare that that happens.
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From: Claremore
Originally Posted by Mil1ion
The main thing people forget it that "nobody owns anyone".
Now back to the question
Now back to the question
"A friend sticketh closer than a brother"-Proverbs (2:30 I think???) Cannot be anymore plain than that. Everybody needs atleast one real friend.
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There's a BIG difference in the definition of these two words:
Friend and acquaintance !
And a person that has more than a VERY few friends is truly blessed.
An old saying in college that has done me a world of good...
If you expect a favor to be returned, it's no longer a favor, it's a DEBT !
*************
I AM one of those fortunate ones too... my wife is my best friend...
(wasn't true with the first one though ! should have taken note of that a LONG time earlier)
Friend and acquaintance !
And a person that has more than a VERY few friends is truly blessed.
An old saying in college that has done me a world of good...
If you expect a favor to be returned, it's no longer a favor, it's a DEBT !
*************
I AM one of those fortunate ones too... my wife is my best friend...
(wasn't true with the first one though ! should have taken note of that a LONG time earlier)
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From: small town, north dakota
its nice to actually have a friend that u know is a friend. i have a lot of "aquaintences" (sp)...but only a hand full of actual friends. probly 3 or 4. of the 4...id take a bullet for all of em...and theyd take one for me. well one person for sure would, the other 3 im sure would, but i guess ill never know. if u seperate the true friends from the really good friends...id probly only have 1, maybe 2. the one been has been my bestest bud for probly 1 1/2 years now. do lots of stuff together. well DID do lots of things together....till he got a g/f. unfortunatly he doesnt seem to realize that he's just being "whipped". (not literally) its kinda hard when the only person u can talk to about things, isnt around anymore.....
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From: Conyers
I think I only have one actual friend, maybe two...my best friend. There's just certain understood bounds that we tend not to overstep. We've both pushed them, but we've never went over...we're still best friends...now for that girl in the other thread, I REALLY REALLY truely thought she was as good of a friend as they can get...I guess not 
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From: Cowtown
A good friend will bail you out, but a best friend will be sitting beside you saying holy $#!* that was awsome.
Ive got a good bud that drove my truck into a tree. I couldnt tell my parents it was him cause then he'd get in more trouble than me. (he doesnt have a licence shhhh) So I took the blame and now im woking three jobs to pay for the damn thing. He doesnt have a job and since then i havnt got a dime. Im just hoping that later on he'll end up doing somthing for me or i'll drive his El Cameno in the lake.
Ive got a good bud that drove my truck into a tree. I couldnt tell my parents it was him cause then he'd get in more trouble than me. (he doesnt have a licence shhhh) So I took the blame and now im woking three jobs to pay for the damn thing. He doesnt have a job and since then i havnt got a dime. Im just hoping that later on he'll end up doing somthing for me or i'll drive his El Cameno in the lake.
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From: Cowtown
Heres another good one for ya. Tonight, my bud (same one that wrecked my truck) blows me off to go to the hockey game, although i woulda done the same if i had tickets. But anyway, i figured i go with some other friends of mine down to 17th ave for the party goin on after the flames won. I met up with him somehow and his sister and him jump in the back of my truck and we continued cruising till the cops wanted everyone outa the back. So they all climb out then my bud notices that his sister is missing. He takes off down the wrong side of the road. I couldnt go get him cause the traffic behind me was piling up. so i went round the block trying to find him. I couldnt find him nor his sister so i phoned his house, told his mom how i lost her two drunken children downtown and how I was looking for them. I found him four hours later standing on a corner. So he does what all lost people do, he jumps on my hood and puts a nice dent.
A great end to a great day. Both him and his sister made it home safe, and im grounded till god knows when for being home late 
A great end to a great day. Both him and his sister made it home safe, and im grounded till god knows when for being home late
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