Be mindful of the company you keep because some so-called friends can take advantage of you and view you as weak.
Yes we all have that one friend that we invest our emotions and trust in only to find that those feelings are not the same.
I always say choose your friends wisely and know their motives. But even careful screening can’t keep that one friend from testing the boundaries of your relationship.
I say this because I had a friend who was in a long-term relationship but he was not being faithful to that relationship. I myself was in a long-term relationship and established a friendship with his girlfriend. One night this friend of mine stayed out over night cheating on his girlfriend. As I said I established a friendship with his girlfriend and she had also established one with my girlfriend. The two women kept in touch and this particular night his girlfriend called my girlfriend to vent about this friend of mine staying out late. She called my girlfriend to ask if my friend had been at my home all night. My girlfriend told her no. And asked me just in case I allowed him to sleep in my basement for the night. I said no. His girlfriend proceeded to inform us that this friend of mine said that he had spent the night at my home with me and had met my younger brother. He even gave his girlfriend details of what my brother looked like and said he looked nothing like me. Anyone that knows me and my brother will instantly say that we look alike.
I was in disbelief first because of the extent of the lie he told. Next because of the perception that he left my girlfriend and his own that I would participate in lying for him to cover up his misdeeds.
I must say that I was a very good friend to him. But at that point I had to question our relationship. That same night he blew up my phone leaving messages that he wanted to talk to me. I had a decision to make. Allow him to take our friendship for granted or keep my integrity. My decision was my integrity therefore I never returned his phone calls making that the end of our friendship. My girlfriend and his continue to stay in touch. I have had nothing to say to the friend or his girlfriend. They are still a couple going through their trials and tribulations but I ended the friendship with the girlfriend because she continues to be attached to him.
