What makes a good friend?

Cheeky_1s · 16-08-2006, 11:09

Always been interested to know other peoples thoughts on what makes a good friend or even what makes a bad friend.

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Jen · 16-08-2006, 12:03

To me a good friend will be there no matter what you do or done in your life, they never judge you for anything and if you tell them something it never goes any further. My close friends (yes you Cheeky 1

). A true friend is someone you may not talk to every day but when you need them they are there.

sezz · 16-08-2006, 12:38

Well to me a good friend is when you can drink as much rum and do and go throw think amd thin with each other

UtesnBoots · 16-08-2006, 13:04

Someone who will tell you when you're doing something stupid but still love you for it, someone makes your day seem brighter when you talk to them and maybe even someone who wont yell at you if u ring them at 3am to cry about the latest boy problem??

I heard a saying once....
A friend is someone who bails you out of a jail...a good friend is the one sitting next to you saying "How the hell did we get into this again?"

BeautUtes

Chryseida · 16-08-2006, 13:13

I have heard this one before and it has helped me understand why sometimes we can't keep people in our lives.

Are Your Friends Here for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime?
Anonymous
Many of us are fortunate enough to have friends who are a consistent part of our lives throughout all our ups and downs. However, sometimes others we consider friends appear to enter, then depart from our lives for reasons we try to, but don't always, understand. This piece nicely explains the flow of people in and out of our lives.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.
Then people come into your life for a SEASON, b ecause your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

sarra · 16-08-2006, 14:31

Good friends are like p*ssing your pants.....
Everyone around you can see it but only you can feel its warmth.....

Good friends are like bum cracks....
even when sh*t spreads em apart they always come back together....

I think true friends are always honest and always there but its gotta be a two way street or it never works out in the end...friendships usually end from betrayal, lies or selfishness....taking only instead of giving in return. A true friend will love you for who you are but will also tell you faults or weaknesses that other people are too scared to tell you!

True friends are really really hard to come by these days....i've just been totally shat on by my best mate of 8 years, i thought she was a true friend but i've realised she isn't....she took advantage of me being so caring loving and generous....i helped her too much and got kicked in the guts for it. I think to find a true friend, you need to click really well as with relationships.. Man, i am such an easy goin, fun lovin gal but i still finding it hard to find good true friends and a good man....i just must be hard to click with!!! hahaha
NOt really, i have a lot of good mates who would do anything for me and i would do anything for them....its just the bf thing i think....itsdoin me head in! hahaha Know any nice cowboys out their ladies? lol One day i'll find one, he'll be me best mate.....thats the way it should be!

Thats my two bobs worth :-)

Octiris · 16-08-2006, 15:48

friend is that.... that saves to you to fall by a precipice...

Dazza_XL · 16-08-2006, 21:02

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DEIGS · 16-08-2006, 21:11

a good friend is someone that is there for u in the good times and to pick u up in the bad times. thats all i can say about that

NathanBA · 16-08-2006, 22:20

you know when you have a good friend when you can say anything, to that person and what you say intermeshes with there thoughts and they relay it back to you again without any lost translation. but the main bit about a good friend is to have trust. trust is so hard to get and only takes a second to lose forever.

Rebel Redneck · 16-08-2006, 22:55

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Originally Posted by Jen

To me a good friend will be there no matter what you do or done in your life, they never judge you for anything and if you tell them something it never goes any further. My close friends (yes you Cheeky 1

). A true friend is someone you may not talk to every day but when you need them they are there.

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UtesnBoots Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boulder Posts: 337 Rep Power: 3	Re: What makes a good friend? Someone who will tell you when you're doing something stupid but still love you for it, someone makes your day seem brighter when you talk to them and maybe even someone who wont yell at you if u ring them at 3am to cry about the latest boy problem?? I heard a saying once.... A friend is someone who bails you out of a jail...a good friend is the one sitting next to you saying "How the hell did we get into this again?" __________________ Buy a real ute...buy a ford Utes and Boots are god's way of telling us he loves female's Cowboy up or get out of my swag!

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Chryseida Status: Gem Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,171 Rep Power: 11	Re: What makes a good friend? I have heard this one before and it has helped me understand why sometimes we can't keep people in our lives. Are Your Friends Here for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime? Anonymous Many of us are fortunate enough to have friends who are a consistent part of our lives throughout all our ups and downs. However, sometimes others we consider friends appear to enter, then depart from our lives for reasons we try to, but don't always, understand. This piece nicely explains the flow of people in and out of our lives. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on. Then people come into your life for a SEASON, b ecause your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

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sarra Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bullsbrook Posts: 514 Rep Power: 3	Re: What makes a good friend? Good friends are like pssing your pants..... Everyone around you can see it but only you can feel its warmth..... Good friends are like bum cracks.... even when sht spreads em apart they always come back together.... I think true friends are always honest and always there but its gotta be a two way street or it never works out in the end...friendships usually end from betrayal, lies or selfishness....taking only instead of giving in return. A true friend will love you for who you are but will also tell you faults or weaknesses that other people are too scared to tell you! True friends are really really hard to come by these days....i've just been totally shat on by my best mate of 8 years, i thought she was a true friend but i've realised she isn't....she took advantage of me being so caring loving and generous....i helped her too much and got kicked in the guts for it. I think to find a true friend, you need to click really well as with relationships.. Man, i am such an easy goin, fun lovin gal but i still finding it hard to find good true friends and a good man....i just must be hard to click with!!! hahaha NOt really, i have a lot of good mates who would do anything for me and i would do anything for them....its just the bf thing i think....itsdoin me head in! hahaha Know any nice cowboys out their ladies? lol One day i'll find one, he'll be me best mate.....thats the way it should be! Thats my two bobs worth :-)

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DEIGS Status: Beaut Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Darwin Posts: 951 Rep Power: 4	Re: What makes a good friend? a good friend is someone that is there for u in the good times and to pick u up in the bad times. thats all i can say about that __________________ RUM MAKING GIRLS LOOK GOOD AFTER THE 6TH CAN RUM MAKING BLOKES FERAL SINCE 1888

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NathanBA Status: Feral Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Perth Posts: 208 Rep Power: 4	Re: What makes a good friend? you know when you have a good friend when you can say anything, to that person and what you say intermeshes with there thoughts and they relay it back to you again without any lost translation. but the main bit about a good friend is to have trust. trust is so hard to get and only takes a second to lose forever.