Friendship

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christianguitarist

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Hi All ,

Does a friendship require two people to put in equal effort rather than just one person checking in with the other from time to time and the other being just passive and not even putting in any effort to check in with the well being of others . In such circumstances is it wise to let the friendship go ? .
 
Lynx

Lynx

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Now I'm not saying this is what you are saying... but it SOUNDS like what you are really saying is "Is this person not being a real friend? Can I let this "friend" go?"
 
Lynx

Lynx

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For some reason my brain just now dug up an old joke about two old guys, Jim and Bob, who were "friends." They were both single guys, both getting on up in years, and their friendship wasn't really close - they happened to live next door to each other and they would call and see if each other was okay once in a while, but that was about it.

One day Bob opened the newspaper and found his own name in it. After checking to make sure he was in fact still alive, he remembered someone from the paper calling him a few months ago and asking about his relatives. "Ah, so that's what they were up to!" he thought. "Storing information for when I kick the bucket and they need to write my obit." But someone at the paper had grabbed the wrong file and written his obituary too soon.

Bob immediately saw how he could have a bit of fun with this. He called up Jim and said, "Hey Jim, you read the paper yet?"

"No, I just got up. Why?"

"Well read it, quick!"

"Why, what's in it?"

"Just read the paper already!"

"Okay fine, Bob, I'm getting it now."

There was a pause, then Jim said "Okay, I got the paper. Now what am I looking for?"

"Read the obituaries."

There was an even longer pause, then Jim asked hesitantly, "So, um... Bob, where are you calling from right now?"
 
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MYSAVIORJESUSCHRIST

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Been there...

not fun...

especially if you really like that person...

you would think if someone likes you they would be all over being friends...

o well I don't know, just relating with your expressed frustration...:rolleyes:

In order to have friends you have to be a friend...at least that's what I've found for myself...

Some people respond, some don't, if you keep reaching out to different people you will eventually find those who really appreciate your efforts and be equally invested in the relationship...

Hope this helps...

Blessings!:cool:
 
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