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Post by brandonina on Jan 27, 2013 7:33:54 GMT -5
Some day in this week, we talked about the important traits of being a good friend. I believe this friendship is related to Julius Caesar because we already know (cliffnotes) that Brutus goes against his friend, Julius Caesar, to achieve his power along with other conspirators. Anyways, what do you think is the #1 important thing that is necessary to maintain friendships, especially with your best buddies. To me, I think it's loyalty because being disloyal to your is the easiest way to break the friendship. It's like the most fundamental thing that you should have to maintain the friendship and it's hard to come back T.T. What do you think?
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Post by yeajinchoi on Jan 27, 2013 8:18:15 GMT -5
Hm.. that's a hard one.. I think loyalty would be the same for me too. When we were doing this activity in class, I didn't even think about loyalty. I mostly thought about keep secrets, trustworthy, understanding.. etc. But after Ms. Boyd explained what a loyal friend is, I realized that loyalty would be the most important trait in a friend, a best friend. But again, your friend would have be fun too. haha.
Honestly though, I think if you feel comfortable and free with that person, that person would be your best friend soon enough. I think.
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Post by junilee26 on Jan 27, 2013 10:11:58 GMT -5
When we watched a brief summary of who Julius Caesar was and also why he was stabbed by people he thought were their friends. It shocked me how Julius Caesar's friend betrayed him like that. Just because they thought Julius Caesar was going to do a bad job of running the country, even when they didn't give him a chance of running it. I think jealousy inside friendship and being disloyal to one another breaks up friendship real bad.
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Post by james on Jan 28, 2013 3:54:44 GMT -5
Well... even before maintaing the friendship with somebody, i think number one think you need to state someone as a friend is being comfortable with them. I think it is important to be very comfortable when youre with your friend. You should feel free to do anything with them or maybe feel free to talk about your secrets with them. I sure think loyalty is one of the things you need to maintain the friendship. However if you feel uncomfortable, i think its better to just state someone as an acquaintance
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Post by linnie on Jan 28, 2013 6:57:30 GMT -5
Well, I believe friendship is very important and when I list the "how to be friend", there will be numerous pages that support my ideas. We did this activity in the class too, when we had to list the things for friendship and something that absolves the friendship. We came up with so many ideas and I could tell that to be a good friend is hard.
I think most important factor for the friendship is belief. I think no matter what, we should believe our friend even though the situation or people say that don't believe our friends. I would be really happy if my friend believe me without even knowing what is happening. But this is of course hard, because it is really hard to believe someone. To do this, I think we have to hang out more and love!!! Your friend. But is this same as being loyal? Anyway, this is what I think.
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Post by bilal15 on Jan 28, 2013 9:15:54 GMT -5
julius ceasar is a kind of stubborn guy and and proud so i guess cassius was jealous of being ceasar a king so he emerged with his honorable friend brutus and this shocked ceasar so i guess friendship kinda relates to ceasar's story
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Post by elisalee on Jan 29, 2013 9:16:56 GMT -5
This is hard to pick.. but if I had to pick the most important thing that is needed for a good friendship, I would say honesty. I would pick honesty because for me, friends are like the most comfortable person for each other and they could share their worries or secrets. You could tell your worries to your family but still, I think friends are much easier to talk to because they could have similar situations. Also, one of your friend lied to you and you find out that he/she lied to you, you would start thinking that you are not really their best friends.
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Post by nadiraamalina on Jan 31, 2013 6:35:42 GMT -5
I have to agree with elisa because I think honesty is more important than loyalty. It's because in some cases, loyalty might actually make you a bad friend. If your friend was doing drugs, it's better to be honest and tell the police rather than stick with your friend.
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Post by lukejoo1092 on Jan 31, 2013 8:17:04 GMT -5
It eventually can be the same thing with loyalty, but what I think that is #1 is trust. There might be times when your friend lies to you and maybe perhaps betray you but you should be able to forgive that person if he or she is to be your true best friend. You must be able to trust that even though they may have done such bad things to you, they are the ones that actually care for you must after family.
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Post by chrishong on Feb 1, 2013 3:04:37 GMT -5
For me, supporting one another during good times and bad times is one of the most important factors of friendship. For example, when a person is having a bad day at school and is feeling down, his friend notices that something is wrong and tries to cheer him up by talking to him.
Another example is when a student is done with his homework and is relaxing, his friend suddenly calls him and asks him for help with his homework. Instead of enjoying his free time, he goes to his friend's house and helps with his homework until midnight.
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Post by jisu25 on Feb 1, 2013 4:19:45 GMT -5
The number 1 trait of becoming a good friend is to have trust. Trust is important because if you can't trust your friend, then you can't be nice or loyal to them. You want a true friend, then you need to trust your friend and you also need your friend to trust you as well. If you doubt your friend for any reason, then that means thats you don't have enough trust yet to be called friends.
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Post by esther on Feb 2, 2013 6:46:00 GMT -5
I have read many quotes about best friends that were in the internet, and one quote that I can't really forget is, "Best friends don't let you do weird things...alone!" So I think that the most important thing of becoming a best friend is to be comfortable with that person. Personally, I hate to be uncomfortable. Especially when I am with a friend or friends alone, I want to escape that place if it is uncomfortable. So, I think being comfortable with your friend is very important.
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Post by JustinK. on Feb 2, 2013 18:54:35 GMT -5
I think that the most important thing is TRUST. i trust all of my best friends 100% no matter what and i wish my best friends also trust me as well. I don't like to feel like I'm untrustworthy and that i will do something to harm you. = = it's been a while, and some friends still can't fully trust me = = i barely do any harm... XD
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Post by jungholee on Feb 16, 2013 0:01:46 GMT -5
I think the person who makes you feel comfortable is your best friend. If the person makes you feel comfortable, you will easy to trust, and lean to him/her. But anyways, we cannot know about them until we meet them and be a friend. So i don't think pick the friends before you know that person is not a right thing to do. In my opinion, you shouldn't convict every people before you meet them personally
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Post by sazad100 on Apr 3, 2013 6:11:31 GMT -5
I agree with you Brandon I think loyalty is the biggest thing a friend should have for each other.
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