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This is a hard thread so not sure who is willing to participate. We are all at different stages in our lives so different things matter to us. However one thing is steady throughout the years. And that is who is a true friend.
I have a few true blue friends who have been with me through the decades. My very best friend of course is my DH. But I have a few true friends who have been true friends since I was young (early twenties and even before) and they have always stayed the course with me and me with them.
During different times in our lives of course we need different things and friends come and go. Those are usually not our true friends as IMO true friends stay through good and bad and are there for you as you are for them through it all. Now we also have a need for friendly acquaintances of course as life is made up of a variety of relationships. So nothing wrong with that. There only is an issue with this (for me) when said friend acts as if she is a true and great and dear friend vs the superficial friend she really is. As I wrote above I think we have a need for all different types of people in our lives and superficial aka friendly acquaintances are all well and good and have their place. It's just when that place comes from a lie that it becomes a problem for me.
But I am curious about your experience with a friend who you thought was true blue but turned out to not be a real friend after all.
I have a few true blue friends who have been with me through the decades. My very best friend of course is my DH. But I have a few true friends who have been true friends since I was young (early twenties and even before) and they have always stayed the course with me and me with them.
During different times in our lives of course we need different things and friends come and go. Those are usually not our true friends as IMO true friends stay through good and bad and are there for you as you are for them through it all. Now we also have a need for friendly acquaintances of course as life is made up of a variety of relationships. So nothing wrong with that. There only is an issue with this (for me) when said friend acts as if she is a true and great and dear friend vs the superficial friend she really is. As I wrote above I think we have a need for all different types of people in our lives and superficial aka friendly acquaintances are all well and good and have their place. It's just when that place comes from a lie that it becomes a problem for me.
But I am curious about your experience with a friend who you thought was true blue but turned out to not be a real friend after all.
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