"A real friend never gets in your way--unless you happen to be on your way down." -Anonymous
Let's talk about friends today. What qualities do you look for in a friend? Without naming names, have you ever lost a friend or quit being someone's friend? How do you know when someone is your friend? How do you plan to stay in touch with your friends once you graduate? What's the funniest thing that has happened between/with you and a friend?
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I guess that when I look for a friend I look for someone trustworthy, honest, and fun. Its kind of strange the way friends can change so easily. Back in kindergarden I had different friends than when I was in fifth grade and different ones yet in middle school. Sometimes friends just grow closer and then apart, but you don't completely lose them.
ReplyDeleteI look for honesty in a friendship. I want to be able to tell them something and the school not finding out about it. Friendships have change. Mine have changed about every two years or so. Some friends have always been there for me and I appreciate that a lot. I want to visit my friends over breaks during college and still talk to them on facebook. I will miss them!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, one thing I can say about freindship is this: you can never have too many friends. Everyone needs a freind to encourage and uplift eachother. Someone to laugh with, someone to have company with, friendship was meant to be.
ReplyDeleteAlthough our time in high school is coming to an end, I believe I've made many freindships that last beyond high school.
I once found a quote that somes up friendship pretty well. It went something like this, "friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."
What I look for in friends is honesty and trust. I am a very open person to my friends so I expect the same back. I also plan on using facebook to keep in touch with all my friends! it will be very hard to say good-bye but I know I will be making trips to see all of my friends who went off to college. I believe everyone in our grade is my friend in one way or another and that I will be keeping in touch with almost everyone!
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Okay...just thinking about keeping in touch after graduation is making me cry...seriously I am getting misty eyed in study hall right now. :)
ReplyDeleteFriends...I think friends are someone that you can laugh with, laugh at, cry with or cry for...I think friends shoulds always be there to brighten your day and vice versa.
Like everyone before me had said...I think there needs to be honesty and trust as well.
I pllan to Facebook Stalk many people to stay in touch with them...so don't be too creeped out if I am "creeping" on your page. :)
It is going to be hard to say goodbye to this place and all these wonderful people, but I am excited to keep in touch while making new friendships....
okay...I will stop...I know I am getting to sappy now
ttfn Friends!
Danielle
I look for someone that is fun and easy to be around becasue I want my friends to be people that I can be myself around. I also want friends that are honest, kind, and forgiving (because I know that I won't always be the perfect friend to them!).
ReplyDeleteSadly, I have lost friend before. I lost most of my friends from Menomonie simply because I moved away and stopped keeping in touch with them. When I do see them, we talk and have fun because we're not enemies or anything. We just aren't as close anymore. I've also lost a friend or two from Colfax. I think that's because the people we all were as freshmen is different then the people we are now. A lot of us have discovered new interests or had new experiences that have changed who we are. I think that these things draw us towards new people and away from other people. I wish that I could stay friends with all of my friends forever, but sometimes people just don't get along anymore.
Once I graduate, I will keep in touch with my close friends by hanging out with them, texting them, or talking to them. Everyone else I want to keep in touch with, too, but I know that it will be hard to keep up with everyone. I think that things like Facebook will help keep a lot of people connected.
I don't have one "funniest" moment. I have funny moments with my friends every day because they are very funny people. Like yesterday when Amanda, Heather, and I made a boat out of your box and paddled down the river singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and then danced back down the hall. :)
Friends are very nice :) I think it's good to have lots of friends so that you have a big circle of support if you ever need someone. I guess your friends should be trustworthy and honest, and you should be able to feel comfortable with being yourself around them.
ReplyDeleteBy the time I leave for college I will have a facebook so I can "chat" with people. Otherwise i'll just call or text them. It's a good thing we have all this fabulous technology, because if we didn't I would go trough a LOT of paper writing letters to everyone!
We all have to go to the class reunions! Nobody should skip them because they sound lame - We are a very close-knit bunch and we all should keep in touch.
I like Luke's qoute, by the way.
I look for someone who can make me laugh above all. Also someone who I can talk to because I think it's important to be able to talk to someone. In my opinion, there are best friends and friends. The best friends are the ones that you hang out with all of the time and friends are people who you care about, but you don't necessarily talk to them everyday. I'm hoping to stay in touch through facebook. Even though I'm not a HUGE fan of facebook I think it's a great tool to be able to connect with people. As for memories with friends, there are so many! Recently Erinn, Ellie, Sierra, and I went canoeing in Ellie's Pond! There were rats in the pond that were being flooded out from all of the rain so we went rat hunting, and it was hilarious! We had fake names, accents, toy guns, butterfly nets, and the best part is is that we filmed it! We are going to edit it and make it even MORE hilarious and then burn it on a DVD so we all will always have those memories!
ReplyDeleteI look for honesty, someone who is trustworthy, and someone who i can be myself around. My friends got to be honest with me and not lie to me, and i want a friend i can tell things to and they won't tell anyone else no matter what. I also dont want to change for anyone. I want to be me no matter what. I also want to have a friend who needs me if that makes sense, one that will call me when they need someone to talk to or one to invite me to spend the night when they need a friend. I honestly can say i've only had one friend it fit all those descriptions and i lost her because of something stupid. I'm not saying that i don't have really good friends, because i honestly do and i wouldn't trade any one of them for the world. I don't even want to think about what happens when i graduate. All i can say is i hope we all stay in touch and get togther every so often. I know i'm going to make lots of new friends, but the old ones i hope will be with me forever. I really don't have one funniest moment. Just about everytime i get together with my friends we experience lots of funny moments! I know someone is my friend when they are there for and don't just invite me to hang out when i heard them talking about it with someone else. I don't like to be the one thats just there because they felt bad for me.
ReplyDeleteI really look for open minds and understanding in a friend. Friends are really important to have to talk about anything with, and if a friend doesn't try to understand or relate to what your talking about it makes things a lot harder. I haven't changed close friends too much in the past, but I have come close to losing them and it's always a weird feeling. It's important to be comfortable and yourself while being with a friend otherwise it doesn't make too much sense.
ReplyDeleteFriends just become friends. I feel that there is no secret ingredient to having friends. You just enjoy the time spent with them. Obviously you want to have friends that can hold secrets and be honest, but you probably won't ever be able to tell someone a secret and expect it to be 100% safe. With friends, having fun is the main priority. If you cannot have fun with them, then there is no sense trying to make the friendship work; you just move on.
ReplyDeleteThe main thing I look for in a friend is that they are not egocentric, they think rationally, and that they "really do care" about the friendship. If there is one type of person that I can't stand it's someone who acts like it's all about them, who talks about themself constantly, or who is just plain dumb about everything. Most other negativities I can deal with, but stupidity and ego are two things that I hate in a person. Pretty much all other people can be my friend.
ReplyDeleteHm, well I always look for someone who is funny and fun to be around. I also look for someone who enjoys a lot of the same things that I do. I consider someone my friend when they will stick up for me and help me through the hard times. I know a person is my friend when I can depend on them. I haven't ever really lost a friend, but I have lost touch with some of the friends I used to be really close with once. Um, thinking about keeping in touch after graduation makes me sad, because a lot of the times people don't keep in touch. I plan to still hang out with my friends on some weekends even if they don't go to the same school as long as they are with-in reasonable distance, as for the friends further away there is always technology such as texting and calling to keep in touch. =) Um, I have too many funny memories with my friends to name just one. My friends and I always have fun together and make adventures out of eveything.
ReplyDeleteI always look for sense of humor, and trust in a friend. If they have those two then Im pretty sure we would get along. :) I like having friends that know how to have fun, but they can be serious when I need them to be. I have never truely ever lost a friend, but I have grown apart from some. I think that growing apart from people is part of growing up and finding out who you are. I have a lot of great memories with a lot of fun, and it is going to be sad when all of my friends leave for different schools.
ReplyDeleteI think the one thing that yu hae to have in a friend is trust. You hve to trust you friend with your secret and they have to be able to trust you with theirs. And it is more then jsut trusting them with ecrcts, you have to trust that the will be there for you no matter what. I have lost frends before. Usually because they are their way down and they push me away and there is nothing left for me to do. Maybe it is more of drifting apart thing. But I hope to stay in touch with my friends with facebook and texting and callng:) cell phones and internet are lifesavers.
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