Are you a good-

[Darth K'Trava]

I would say that I am a better friend to the people I like than most people are.

Which is a rarity amongst friends. Good friends are very hard to find.

 

[Darkness]

Yes!

I keep reading this thread title as, "Are you a god?" and if I learned anything important at all when I was little, it's this: If someone asks you if you're a god, you say, "Yes!"

 

[Dakkareth]

I wrote some stuff, but deleted it again because I was getting depressed. Draw your own conclusions.

 

[Darrin Drader]

I have four friends that are such good friends, I would do pretty much anything for them. One dates back to when I was five years old, another two date back to middle school, and the fourth has been a good friend of mine since my senior year in highschool, although I had known him for a number of years before that. Not a single one of them live within a hundred miles of me (or each other) at this point.

Do you (seriously now) have friends that you would do virtually anything for- even imprisonment or the worst die to help? Do you feel they would do the same?

Yes and yes.

Would you drive hundreds of miles to get your friend from a sticky situation, missing a day of work, and leaving a pissed off spouse to get to your friend in need?

Absolutely, though this is unlikely to be required, given that one is the operations manager of a large legal office, another owns his own technical solutions company, one is a web developer, and the last one is a doctor of genetics. Three are married and one has a signifficant other, and they are all better-off financially than I am at the moment.

If a friend did something uncharacteristic would you give them another chance? Would you believe in them enough to forgive them? (Friends- true friends to my way of thinking, forgive with a single word or a single action.)

Already been there. Yes, I would definitely forgive them. There was one situation where I didn't speak to them for a couple of years and waited for an apology, but when it came, I forgave instantly.

If a friend asked you to do something that made you change the way you speak to them, would you do it?

Not sure what you mean here.

If a friend were gravely injured would you help them pay their bills? If they were suddenly unemployed would you help them with their house payment, knowing that they may one day repay the money?

Again, I find this unlikely, but if it happened, I would help out in whatever way I was able.

 

[Ashwyn]

Not sure what you mean here.

I can give an example of that from my own life. I've had to avoid using certain words around people because someone in their past who hurt them very badly used them, so it's a sense memory thing. They didn't want to be reminded, as it cut like a knife. Been there myself a few times too. But I am over that now, I think. I know that anything I say rarely does, but does that make any sense?

 

[Darrin Drader]

I can give an example of that from my own life. I've had to avoid using certain words around people because someone in their past who hurt them very badly used them, so it's a sense memory thing. They didn't want to be reminded, as it cut like a knife. Been there myself a few times too. But I am over that now, I think. I know that anything I say rarely does, but does that make any sense?

My friends have notoriously thick skin. Nothing is sacred, especially if it culminates in a laugh.

Hmm, no wonder I hang out at Nothingland.

 

[Captain Needles]

I am 100% confident if I was in trouble, then I would be taken care of by my friends if need be. Because I would do the same for them, no questions asked. Be it money, effort, driving, shelter, violence and or an alibi, there are very few things I wouldn't do for my friends. I have been screwed over only twice by friends in the past 17 or so years, and even then I just moved on. I count myself lucky to have many friends, many of whom I consider family. And that is because of what we have all helped each other through, and were able to endure with the assistance of friends.

I learned from my father that you can judge the prosperity of a man's life by how many friends turn out at his funeral. My father's funeral procession was considered a major traffic incident in a fairly large city. So he must have known something about making friends...

 

[LogicsFate]

Nice thread, while I can't say I'm a great friend, seeing this has reminded me of the relationships I need to work on right now, before I lose someone

 

[Aaron L]

I have very few friends, but I would do anything in my power to help them. Just this morning I spent my last cent I had until I get paid next month to help my friend by something she really needed, in a kind of delicate situation.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Well, I don't know if I would help move bodies for anyone outside my immediate family.

I'm 90% sure my best friend would help me move bodies, but I wouldn't know if I would until the time came. Depends on who it is, I guess!

I think I'm a good friend. I listen, and I talk, and I help when I can. Three people have called me their best friend recently, which kinda sucks actually, since I feel you can have only one best friend. I don't know why my best friend is my best friend. If he were to call at 4am in another state from prison, I'd be off to get him, and he'd reciprocate. He might be the only one I know who both wouldn't surprise me with the situation, and would be able to help me if that happened to me.

That doesn't mean I'm not counting how many times I've helped him move, though.

Generally, I'm a nice guy, though. I'll help out people I don't even know most of the time.