Are you friends with everyone or is that too naive? How do you decide who is and who is not a friend?

Answer 1

I am polite and friendly with everyone but who I befriend is decided after much consideration...

Answer 2

Hi there,

No I am definitely not friends with everyone.

What is the connection between friends, there must be a mutual interest of some kind. Remember the saying "birds of a feather flock together"

So, I will keep company with people that speak the same language (not in Eng ext) but have the same interest.

Unless anybody on this earth agree upon anything they are not able to walk together. Have you ever seen a donkey and a cow pulling a card? LOL hell no! The stride is not the same and both will suffer so it is with a person trying to befriend somebody that is totally not believing in say for instance integrity, values and justice, it will not work.

You will become like the company you keep. Go around with the wise and you will become wise, the opposite is also true.

My mother use to say "show me your friends and I will tell you who you are" So true, so choose wisely for people will read you by the friend that you have.
Take care

Answer 3

I am friendly to everyone, and befriend those who don't give me reason not to.

The only way I can approach people is in the way that I would like to be approached.

Therefore, I approach everyone with an optimistic outlook, and see what results and reactions I get. If I find that someone's behavior doesn't fit my expectations, I question my expectations, only then do I decide this person isn't my friend.

Every time I encounter this person from then on I must reevaluate my position.

In doing this I would not put my life in danger, nor that of a loved one. Certain offenses are unforgivable. Mostly we must not make a bad situation worse by being negative, because when it comes to people two wrongs don't make a right.

Answer 4

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt. I don't think it is a matter of friend or not but how close of a friend they are. Every person holds a certain "position" in others lives. I have the "friend for going out" and the "friend for trusting my life to" and the "friend for laughing my butt off with", etc. Naive may be when you misjudge a person and expect something they are not. I say be friendly, cordial and accept everyone for what they are.

Answer 5

I, personally, am not friends with everyone. I have close friends, good friends, friends and then people I rarely talk to. Choosing friends is a hard thing, because everyone has different personalities yours and that other person's may clash to much for you to be friends. The tough question is, A few weeks/months down the track, will that person be the person you thought they'd be? Remember, over time, people change and friends change. Most people you become friends with you eventually drift apart from as you continue to grow in life and succeed in different aspects of your life. Deciding on a friend is based purely on personalities! your more likely to be friends with someone who's friendly and funny then someone who's aggresive and constantly putting you down :)

Answer 6

No, I am not friends w/ everyone, online especially! Online I tend to ignore most who are chatting in game rooms. I tend to wonder if this person or that person is trying to pick up someone even though they are supposed to be taken (married, etc). I also tend to wonder if the person is into porn or some sort of fettish or they are looking to hook up w/ someone who is under the age of 18. I am very leary of people online and their intentions and very leary of what they use their computer for. In person, I am still leary these days. Porn is a very big reason for this. You wonder if the person is undressing you in their mind. Porn perverts the mind and affects your thoughts every day and is an addiction which affects relationships w/ your spouse, significant other and friends/family. This is my main reason I am not friends w/ everyone. I have morals and am bringing up our kids to have morals too. Birds of a feather flock together they say!

Answer 7

A friend is not something you find 'round the corner.
A friend is hard to find, and harder to keep.
"Friend" is a title you give to a person after having shared a lot of experiences together; which is not in a short time.

I have a few ppl, with whom I built a friendship with througout the years, who were with me when I laughed but also when I weeped. Those are my friends.
Other than that, I have a lot of ppl I talk to and share things from time to time, but they are just acquaintances. Acquaintance is a rather general vague word, but they do not fit in the "true friend" category either.

Answer 8

There is a difference between being friends and being friendly. A friend is someone you can tell anything about you, and they wouldn't think any worse of you. A friend is someone who will stand by you, no matter what comes your way. Friendly is just being polite.

Answer 9

When making Friends, you need to at least know something of that person, sometimes by talking to them or by observing them, you can get a clear picture, if that person is honest,nice and could be a good person. Other times by talking to people who know Him/Her, could at least give you some encouragement to be his Friend. But Remember that sometimes looks can be deceiving, so we have common sense to guide us in making a good decision.

Answer 10

I consider myself as a friend of everyone. i do love to be friendly rather than be alone. of course, i know that all of my friends that i have right now will not be there for me always as a real friend. well, i don't decide who is and who is not a friend for me, i do depend this through my feeling. for me, my heart simply tells me who are my real friends....