It's funny. I was talking to a few of my friends about this subject this week: true friends. Then I saw a similar article show up on MSN: true friends. For those of us with a facebook or myspace, etc. we have multiple pages of friend lists. Out of maybe 450 of those friends, who do you consider a real friend? I know that out of 170, I probably only count about 10 people my real friends...if that many. Some of my friends have 500 people in their list. I asked one of my friends if they actually keep in touch with all those people. He said yes, but I don't believe that he can a strong relationship with each person.
Most of the people in my list are aquaintances. People I've known from school, people who pretend to be my friend, people from work, and people I don't talk to or like. Yet, they're on my friend list. Why? So I look more popular? More desirable? I don't know the real reason, but it's stupid.
I was explaining to the same guy who had those 500 friends about my friendships at school. Each Thursday, some people from my class go to my friend's house to chill out and catch up on how everyone's doing. It's keeping us all in touch and is a good transition from going from seeing everyone everyday at school to never. But I told him, that most of the people that show up, only pretend to be close to me. I only show up to see a few of my best friends. I talk to everyone else to get the 411 and pretend that I have some interest in their lives and vice versa.
Who are your true friends?
Friend or Foe
By pkubik08 - Posted on May 18th, 2008
it is for this reason that I don't use sites like that I think they only incite drama and webs of falsehoods. I think that friends, true friends, can be made on networking sites...I mean I've made a few really good friends on here...but you shouldn't just add someone to make it look like you have more friends...people know the truth
Take it from someone who doesn't have friends besides on this site. Myspace and facebook are ok, but is not a good way to make ligit friends.
I have made some really good friends on here. A site like this is genuine and a place where you can actually find real friends.
http://www.progressiveu.org/032913-lupus-uncureable-wait-what
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yeah I agree b/c here you get to see what people are really about, how they think, what they are for or against whereas on myspace or facebook you're going to learn what? What music they listen to, and how they party with? Not genuine stuff.
I like to keep in touch with everyone on my friend list. At one point or another, I have shared special times with each and every one of them. Although only one is my best friend at all times, others have been my best friend in the moments we've shared. Even though we don't talk everyday or keep up with every aspect of each other's lives, I know that if I needed something from each of them or if they needed something from me we could make it happen. I only put people whom I can count on in my list. You never know when someone may help you get a job, meet someone important, or when you can make an equally big difference in their life. It's all about using each other, mutually. To me, that's friendship.
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