General Chat

sorry my net had hicups

hayley I know that saying and believe in it.

I think the reason I ask is I have a friend from way back yonder who has never faulted in mailing me even tho' I only send funnies on lately, who I know even tho' she has moved to Canada would put me up tomorrow ( can you fly that quick) regardless of how often I phone.

Uzzi I think you have it absolutely right when you say
"It's hard when you think you know each other and then discover that 1 has a totally different concept. "

There are lines I would never cross ,( similar to the situation you describe), to find that a friend would do to me something I would never have done to them, has left permanent damage to be honest.

xx

hmmmmm ......I have what I call my internet friends ** points round at everyone** and I have lots of real life friends.....Teresa is like me best mate and BC...but I am close and fond of others I have met like Muffy and co, I try to keep my work friends and real life seperate I wont mix much out of work hours but I do enjoy going for lunch with the girls...my bestest mates in the world are my sisters..

I dont expect anything from a friend and I detest people who try and buy friends, I cant be brought at any price but as the old saying goes make a friend of me and I am a friend for life, make an enemy of me ....

Rose I sort of understand I had a best friend that I could tell anything to and did when my marriage split I moved to where she lived , We laughed about her trying my boyfriends out ( who I would finish with ) I didn't laugh when she tried for my OH on his stag night, or maybe I did he refused her. ! It's hard when you think you know each other and then discover that 1 has a totally different concept.

But ya know I still believe there are friends out there :-)

I was thinking about this earlier, as I was reminded about a friend from college...haven't seen her in years but still know we would be comfortable with each other if we met again now.

It has taken me a long time, to realise that one should never tell a 'friend' your very personal hopes and dreams...that way they can't use that knowledge against you. I trust no one now, not with anything really important. Sad isn't it? because I have always been trusting. .

I have a 'best friend' of 25 years I would trust with my money, to be honest with me, to help if I need it, to do her best for my son if I wasn't around. I have friends who I like and who make me laugh.

But I don't feel I will ever have a friend who I can really trust to act as 'honestly' with me, as I do with them and I cannot now be as open as I used to be.

LOL I think I can be a bit of a pain sometimes.I get fits of ringing everyone .Drives OH nuts.But a lot of my 'friends 'live a long way off.so the phone is there for me to keep in touch !

Jane I understand that if you mean friends are there regardless of how often you phone them in the week !

Keith how lovely, I say that about my OH and he is my best friend BUT I don't tell him everything .

I do believe that friends span time and countries

I don't have many close friends .But a few who are friends (if you know what I mean).My best friend died very suddenly and I still miss her.
I like to think my friends would be there if I needed them ,the same as I would be for them.

Uzzi you know you are a Friend

Keep smilin'
Keep shinin'


that's what friends are for

In good times
And bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

OH keith....thats lovely..

i met my best friend 37 years ago





and married her

I have found myself chasing "friends" and to be honest I have stopped that now. I think as Janet says if they are true friends they will come to you as well as you to them but I get tired of doing all the doing
Rachx

No expectations at all...Its a natural way of people helping and caring ..But can not be one sided..ie..you shouldn't have to chase friends they are just there when you need them.

xx

I have friends that I may not see all the time but when I need them they are there for me...after some thirty years and then some friend that i have not know n for as long as see more frequently and they are there also...You know who your friends are when things go wrong

I have two people that I regard as friends.
The first one has been my friend for 55 years when I joined a junior school class aged 8. We have not been constantly been in touch, as she lived many years abroad with her husband in the army. But we have caught up with each other over the years. Now she lives practically on my door step ( well a couple of miles up the road), and we ring each other perhaps every couple of weeks or so.
The other one, I met when we all went up to senior school, aged 11, so that makes her my friend of 52 years. We have all been through things, but we can all call on each other when the time comes.
That's what friends are for
Julia in Derbyshire

From the thought of Rach's thread and also because of something that friends have just done for me. ( thankyou Queen and Clueless)

What do you call a friend or expect from a friend. ?