I am really good friends with someone to whom I give all the presents, writings, and respect to. I know my friend still wants to be friends with me by his body language when we meet. But how long should I keep giving without any active participation on their part, i.e. e-mail address to keep in contact. They recently moved somewhere and I will probably loose contact if I don't keep a thin string of connection going. What are your thoughts?
2006-11-24 06:44:33 · 9 answers · asked by tiafromtijuana 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Friends need space. Maybe he feels you are suffocating him. Give him some space and respect his choice and his freedom.
2006-11-24 06:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by xScOde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on how badly you want to remain friends.
I don't have a lot of patience with people who take and take and never give back. My closest friends don't give as much as I do (those are their words), but they always reciprocate in some form. They try to keep in touch, they ask about how I'm doing, and they are the cavalry if something is wrong.
You deserve friends who will appreciate your giving and give back to you. You don't have to be friends with a vacuum.
2006-11-24 06:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by cdvpruthe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you are their friend,but are they your friend-stop giving and see how long this friendship will last-some people are your friend as long as you are giving but when you stop the friendship is over-try to stop giving all of the time, and see where this friendship will take you-true friends give each other gifts,writing, and respect
2006-11-24 06:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by brown sugar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True friendship - like love - should be unconditional. If you feel that it must be measured, quantified, or compared, it isn't friendship, after all. At present, it may be one-sided, but time and circumstance precipitate change. The strength and depth of the friendship's bond will determine how well it survives such change.
2006-11-24 07:07:39 · answer #4 · answered by alchemist0750 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he really doesn't want the friendship as bad as you. Move on and find a new friend. He will realize what he lost when he needs a friend the most.
2006-11-24 06:47:08 · answer #5 · answered by party_pam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish that I could give you a better answer, but this is it. Only you can make that decision. You have spent enough time and energy on the relationship when you decide you have. Maybe you will be sad and hurt, but don't waste forever on nothing
2006-11-24 06:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by birdman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let them go.
Seems to me they really don't want your friendship.
Someone who values you and your friendship, will do what it takes to keep in touch with you.
Move on and find a REAL friend, this one will probably let you down quickest when you need a friend the most.
2006-11-24 06:48:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa okay. You give presents but you get none. You write but you get no reply. You show respect but you get none back in return. THIS PERSON IS NOT YOUR FRIEND AND NEVER HAS BEEN! Move on, move on NOW!
2006-11-24 06:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by Revelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a few weeks
2006-11-24 06:45:43 · answer #9 · answered by Ms.Budonkadonk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋