Have you ever been a better friend to someone than they have been to you?
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Oh, there has been way to many times that I've been a better friend than those who called them selves my friends.
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Absolutely and there are those different levels of friendships out there... It just all depends on who you want to surround yourself with. If someone doesn't take my friendship as serious and treat me with the same respect, then they truly aren't my friend, or they have selfishness within them.
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several times in fact only about 5 of my friends have treated meas i have treated them
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Yes, I think so.
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Sadly, yes.
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Definately. Once upon a time I was very good friends with my now ex-friend. I would always go out of my way no matter what I was doing if she needed me due to whatever problems she may have been having, when she needed somebody I was always there. Then there came a period where roles were slightly reversed; she had a steady boyfriend and life was going smoothly and I had a bit of a rubbish time with one thing or another. Whenever I called her there were always reasons why she couldn't speak or see me, or she was too busy to see me. We eventually started to lose contact and I haven't seen her since.
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That's a tough one,,,I thought I was being a 'better' person,till they do something I think is extraordinary and I remember why I am friends with them in the first place!
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Yes. I just learned to deal with it. Being friends with someone is about giving, not receiving.
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yes way too many times.
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Yes. I've just learned to deal with it. You get more out of friendship by giving, not receiving.
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Every person I have ever been friends with I have always been the better friend at at times I wonder why I do it.
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Yes, but mostly because my life has been much more stable than many of theirs. I know that some of them would give all they could to help me, they just don't have as much to give...in terms of time or emotional availability.
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Most people think that 'their'the better friend, doesn't mean they are. You need to get the opinion of at least one informed unbiased third party.
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Yes. I had a friend who was cheated on by his girlfriend. I spent all summer with him literally driving around town with him trying to find the guys house. We were 18 and his girlfriend cheated on him with a 35 year old. My friend just wanted to talk to the guy. Long story short, I believe at the end of the summer sometime him and another friend of mine tag teamed the girl I liked. I still don't know if it's entirely true, but I think it is they've just never told me. Anyway I spend all that time as his shoulder to cry on so to speak, and he goes and nails the woman I loved. I've been wary of those two guys ever since.
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A true friend doesn't keep score.
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Yes much much better.
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Way to many times that i care to remember or count ... I've since cut back on being so NICE ...
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Yes, and it was disappointing. You do all these nice things for someone who think is your friend, then that person turns out to be nothing but a "fairweather friend."
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Hell yes. Live and learn.
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yeah to everyone im mr. taken for granted i do lots to help out my friends but very few of them help back only a few like my bff olivia actually care but 4 some reason i like making people happy so what can you do
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Yeah, it's happened to me a lot. I'm sure everyone gets their turn, though, because that's just the way people are at certain stages of life.
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i think weve all been there.
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I gave a mean mcdonalds lady a tip once. She didn't know how to respond.
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