Over a period of three years in college I have discovered that there are three types of friends that exist. Admittedly if it wasn't for another friend of mine I wouldn't have been able to remember the name for the third type, but nonetheless I have incurred these three types within funny enough three years. Now this beckons a question, am I still friends with these people? And the answer to that is yes. Why? Because I maybe nuts...
The three types of friends can be characterized as:
1) the ones who if your life was threatened by a shooter, they would take the bullet for you.
2) the ones who would either just cover their own asses and/or just throw you in front of the bullet.
3) the ones who sadly enough are the ones pulling the damn trigger.
Now you must be wondering, WTF? Is this for real? And my answer to you is yes. These three types of friends do exist. The first type is reserved for the friends who are always there for you. The one's who you know that if you called them crying they wouldn't just pass it off as a write-off and just give you some bullshit response. Types 1s are the ones you end up calling brother or sister in the end because they are so close to you that just one glance at you they can tell what you're thinking.
Type 2s are the friends "you thought" were good friends but in the end would rather care for themselves and possibly even throw you in front of the shooter. If anything they are still nice people but if it came to a life and death situation it's their lives alone over all of yours. They are the ones "you thought" you could count on but in the end they fall short and end up just being the worst people in the world. They abuse you and never take you for what you're really worth.
Type 3s are everywhere. They are the ones you get a sense that you can never really be close to them but because you're a nice person you'll be friends with them anyway. But lest it be known that if anything goes wrong you can't really say anything because you should have always known in the end that it was bound to happen. These are the "friends" who have motives beyond your own personal knowledge and will only use you until you usefulness has been exhausted. It's a sad reality but no matter where you look and no matter how much you try, these "people" more so than "friends" exist.
One may call me cynical, but in the end what is a cynic? Simply an optimist with experience. I've been there for people and I have been abused by people. But do I let that dictate who I am friends with? No. So what's the purpose behind this post? Simple... I KNOW. You should know too. And if you do and you still have friends like these, then you know why I posted this.
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