If you are questioning a mans character just look at his friends???

Question

What do you think about this????

Answer 1

Most people tend to befriend and spend time with others who have similar interests and goals in life. If a person's friends are hard working people, the person likely is as well. If they are partyers and spend half their time trying to get by on a bare minimum of effort, then that person is likely to be the same.

I do judge people by their friends and their actions. The old saying about actions speaking louder than words still holds true. A person's choice in friends is one of their actions.

Answer 2

It's hard to define what a friend is, Rena. But it's even harder to define what the qualities of Character are. The later is in my experience much more defining and important. SInce a person can call you his/her friend and have absolutely no character. Hence, you have an empty term(friend). ANd if one's life hangs in the balance, my money is on the person with character 10 times a week and twice on Sunday. The key thing is not to listen so much to what people "say". What what they "DO", Rena!

Answer 3

Spot on....I look for a couple of things in that respect, one being what company he keeps, but also how he treats them.... We choose our friends and attract others because of what we have in common usually, if he says one thing, but all his friends display behavior opposite of that, you should look deeper, either there is something that you are missing about his friends, or he is not showing you his true self. Also, look at how he treats his friends and family as well, if he is sweet to your face, yet you see him routinely putting people down, or being rude to them, or anything of that sort, he might not be on the level with you..... The company a man keeps tells me far more important things about him than what car he drives, what he wears, or what he does for a living..... I will define "friend" as who this person associates with, and hangs out with on a daily basis,in a close personal relationship, as more than just a co-worker or aquaintance.... if you know all the people he is involved with to be spiritual loving people, then it is reasonable to expect that he is as well, if he says that he doesn't do drugs, yet is constantly in the company of stoners, that looks suspect, that's just a couple of examples.....

Answer 4

I'd partly agree if you said, '...questioning a person's character...'

But it may also speak of a person's surroundings, income, family, etc. And do you know those friends well enough to discern what part of them is attracting your subject of study?

I'm friendly with some fairly rough-around-the-edges people, but you have to peel off some layers to see the inner persons I see.

Peace

Answer 5

There are some people, (who are called, in this business "sticky" people). They aren't really friends, just hang around someone who doesn't want to hurt their feelings, or is far too tolerant & nurturing to "cut them off." But this is still a statement about the person who attracts & allows this. The symbiotic relationships...

Answer 6

I think you're basically right. There seems always to be a "commonality" in the friends we choose. It's a very good clue. Just as, a man who has NO friends tells us something about him.

Answer 7

If he hangs out with a variety of people, you can no make an assumption of his character. However, if everyone seems to act the same and have the same personality, then it could be a good judgement. Its just like girls...we surround ourselves with people who remind us of ourselves.

Answer 8

I completely agree... Kinda like if you lay with the dogs you get fleas type of thing... But it also can go both ways like with females... Generally if you surround yourself with the wrong type of people you tend to pick up at least some of their characteristics whether they are bad or good.

Answer 9

Men AND Women socialize with like types. That is if all their friends are losers they are probably losers too.

Answer 10

Incorrect generalization.