Simple Friend V. Real Friend

[Annie]

another missive from my daughter:

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you
clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you HAVE an argument.
A real friend calls you after you had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

 

[HGROKIT]

There is allot of wisdom in that.

 

[UsaPride]

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

Oh, Kathianne, we really are friends, LOL!!

 

[Annie]

For some reason this hit a tag, seemed a good one to bmp.

 

[Sky Dancer]

It would be a good entry in the poetry thread.

 

[PoliticalChic]

That's beautiful. A real friend is hard to come by. Most people just want to be your simple friend.

 

[Dis]

Here's the rest of that:

Anyone can stand by you when you are right, but a Friend will stand by you even when you are wrong...

A simple friend identifies himself when he calls. A real friend doesn't have to.

A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life.

A real friend says, "What's new with you?"

A simple friend thinks the problems you whine about are recent.

A real friend says, "You've been whining about the same thing for 14 years. Get off your duff and do something about it."

...the bolded portion being my favorite..

 

[Sky Dancer]

It's a blessing to have real friends.

 

[Annie]

It's a blessing to have real friends.

To have a friend, be a friend. Got to be open to friendships.

 

[alan1]

Real friends are the ones that point and laugh at you when you fall down (as long as you weren't hurt too bad).

 

[Sky Dancer]

I have real friends, I don't need faux ones.

 

[Annie]

Real friends are the ones that point and laugh at you when you fall down (as long as you weren't hurt too bad).

Indeed, then help you up and say that you didn't look THAT stupid!

 

[inquisitive]

Depressing. i move around to much to have real FRIENDS, but i do have friends....just not to that calibre.

 

[007]

But would you lend a "real" friend money, and more even if he/she hadn't paid you back what they had already bored?