2006-07-31 19:49:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Allow me to tell you a story. When I was a Senior in high school, I was fairly popular, and I was talking to our guidance counselor one day. He told me, and I quote, "When you get to be 30 years old, if you have 3 friends that you can honestly call 'good' friends, you'll be a lucky person." I left there thinking, "What a freakin' loser. This clown doesn't have ANY friends!" I'm now coming up on my 34th birthday, and I can honestly say, I don't have a SINGLE "good" friend, other than my wife . Everyone goes their seperate ways, me included, and you lose contact with people. It's not a question of "if" it will happen, but "when" it will happen. If you're lucky, you'll talk to them on the phone a couple of times a year, maybe. Enjoy your friends. Cherish them.. Especially if you're young (still in high school). Making friends after you get out of high school and college is hard for anybody, regardless of how many friends you used to have. Don't suffocate any of your friends. You may not even get those couple of calls each year.
2006-07-31 20:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by dgindiansfan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot "possess" a friend. A friend is a friend because he wants to be. If he decides to no longer be your friend, you cannot put an invisible cage around him to "keep" him as a friend. Friendship is a two-way thing. It's an agreement between two people that the company of the other is welcomed. There may be disagreements along the way, but real friends get over them. Friends are friends because they think alike in most cases. A good friend is one who will help you and expect nothing in return except a thank-you or that you help him in the future.
2006-07-31 19:59:58 · answer #2 · answered by christopher s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am very possessive, and it's not always a good thing.
I was never one to have many friends, but the ones I did have, I truly loved and cherished. And I think that was my problem, I find it too hard to be casual friends.
And you know, they come and go, but if I see these people today, I still feel the same towards them. Like they never went away.
2006-07-31 19:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by deb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I guess I am a little possesive over my friends. I mean I get all upset and sad when they move away and start their lives and all and I feel devestated when I can't have anyone around me.
2006-07-31 19:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way i look at is, your friends are your friends. And theres this feeling i have that there kinda mine like i could hug them, but now i aint got no friends.
And if you say your gay, then you obviously dont know what a friend is all about.
2006-07-31 19:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by postalsock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Lately I haven't gotten much happiness from my friends. So really, if I had a garage sale, I might put 5 cents on each one of them.
2006-07-31 19:57:35 · answer #6 · answered by angelicsanto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Friends?
2006-07-31 19:52:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Friends come and go, and need to do their own experimenting and stuff. The good ones will be back.
2006-07-31 19:53:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, but that's only because I'm afraid of losing their friendship. I know that makes me kind of insecure, so I'm working on getting rid of this feeling.
2006-08-01 06:04:23 · answer #9 · answered by Carmenasks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I did have to learn to let them make their own mistakes without being judgemental, though.
2006-07-31 19:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by girlfriend 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋