DesertRat -> RE: Baaaaaaaaad, Bad Bad (8/22/2005 6:42:37 AM)
|
I am sorry about your troubles, riotgirl. Your post, especially the 'moral of the story', got me thinking about friendship. I don't agree about never knowing. Sitting here with only one cup of coffee in me. I have six friends that I know would never turn on me. Any one of them might get a bit squirrely for awhile, due to some major emotional trauma, but that is true for me as well, and each of us will finally return to our baseline state of stable friendship. I also have some pretty close friends whom, when I think about it honestly, I could envision flipping on me the way your friend has on you. So what's the difference? For me, it's the test of time. My 6 'core' friends are, without exception, people I have known for a very long time. When I say "long time", I mean, like, 30 years or more. (Damn! How did I manage to become so old?) The friends I could see turning? Pretty close, but only have known them 3-5 years. I know alot about them and they about me, but the relationships have not been tested, so I do not know if they possess the depth and breadth of loves that have endured through thick and thin for so many years. I appreciate your post this morning, cuz it got me thinking about my very best friends and how much I love each one of them. Then it made me think about those I call friends, but would not, when it comes down to it, trust with my life. Then I got a 2nd cup of coffee and went back to thinking about my very best buds again, because it makes me feel happy to know they are out there...too early in the day to be less than happy. Bob
|
|
|
|