Does anyone like me have problems identifing true friendship

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catboy777
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12 Dec 2014, 8:16 am

I have both Asperger's and BIpolar and maybe other things but I am very curious if anyone of you have problems realizing who your true friends are. Well you see I have lot's of people that I say are my friends on FaceBook and many other websites and I have I don't know what you would could them people at my library that I volunter at I would think they are my friends because I get along with them but the problem is when I come home from everything there's no one around. I have a girl friend but we are in a long distance relationship. So what I'm trying to say boiled down do you know people that he can relay on and consider to be there when you actually need help or comfort?



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12 Dec 2014, 9:08 am

A true friend is somebody whom you could talk to about anything.

A true friend doesn't constantly ask you for money, then states that if you give him/her the money that you are not a true friend.

A true friend doesn't blab about your business to other people.

A true friends offers constructive criticism when needed, without insulting you as a person.

If a true friend is asked, this person doesn't call you at all hours of the night, unless he/she is really upset about something.



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12 Dec 2014, 9:18 am

I have the same problem
I don't know who might be a real friend and who might not until theres something which might prove it and I sometimes get confused about it because sometimes a friend might do something that proves they're a real friend and then after that they'd do something which proves that they're not a real friend.



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12 Dec 2014, 11:29 am

An easiest time identifying a true friend is when you end up in a bad situation. They won't judge you or turn on you.

I also think a true friend wouldn't act like your enemy in front of others and then only be your friend when those kids are not around.


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12 Dec 2014, 12:07 pm

catboy777 wrote:
So what I'm trying to say boiled down do you know people that he can relay on and consider to be there when you actually need help or comfort?


Outside of immediate family, no, I don't have anyone like that.

There are a few people who probably care about me but we're not that close and I probably wouldn't call on them for support.

I think some people make it very difficult to tell whether they are a real friend or not because they can be very two-faced.



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12 Dec 2014, 1:00 pm

I have this problem too. I want to be good friends with certain people and it always goes sour because they have busy lives/don't want to talk to me.


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