Red Flags For People U Call “Friends”

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I see it all the time on this website. People that are so called "cool" with a certain poster but then they're quick to say how they really feel if, for instance, you are exposed or made to look like the bad guy. Whatever the case. They may try to apologize, but they already revealed their true nature. So many people on this website are stupid and phony tho. This is why I have no friends here.
 

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As you get older your time becomes more precious (actually, you finally come to realise your time is precious - when we young, we give it away too freely).

Put friends into two categories:

- people just to chill with at the end of the week, shoot some chit, nothing serious. Dont expect anything from these guys except a good time

- closer friends who you will give time to help them out, because they would do the same to you


Golden rule: note those who give back (make sure they shout you a few rounds when its their turn, celebrate your successes, give you lifts, give you life advice) and those who are just there for company and want to take your time to make themselves feel good (cause they lonely) — givers vs takers. Got no time for pure takers in my life, learnt that over the years
 

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You already said a lot of what I would name. Its a red flag if it happens alot. Im a chick. But I have like 4 ex-friends that I dont talk to anymore because of the way they kept acting. Most of the time when I see red flags I rarely call them out, sometimes I do. But then the fake friend acts like your being sensitive. But I will mentally bookmark the moment for later.

But....
  • always downplays your accomplishments/any positive events in your life.
  • ruins happy moments for you.... something good happens then they are always there to hit you with bad news
  • always cracks mean jokes on you but tries to play them off as a joke if you get upset, add another red flag if they do it infront of people
  • talks about your accomplishments in a sarcastic/funny way as a way to hide their real feelings
  • tells your business to other people
  • your always asking to hang out and they keep making excuses
  • not defending you against other friends
  • friends joke with each other but a few friends I could tell weren't joking
Particularly when you are not around. That is a true test of loyalty.

A real friend would be like: "Hold on, bruh......"
 

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I've always hated that saying
fukk I wanna be around or keeping tabs on some hating ass nikkas for:unimpressed:
If they hating on you you must be doing something right :troll:

Men have to stop living for the attention and approval of other men
 

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- If you don't have my back and don't defend me, then you're not worth shyt in my eyes.

- Throwing rocks and hiding their hands i.e. being disrespectful under the guise of "playing" and acting like you're sensitive when you call them out on it.

- Acting funny with you and/or showing off at your expense whenever there's females around because they see you as a threat.

- Never there when you go through hard times, but when you pull through and things turn around positively then suddenly they come back out the woodworks with a bunch of "reasons" why you never heard from them.

- Jealousy/envy. Making underhanded remarks...you change your car and they're calling you "rich man" more than once. You start a new and better job "you weren't at your previous job THAT long you changed already" even if you were there for six years.

- Keep their cards close to their chests about their own shyt but always wanna know everything about you.
 

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Damn... I don't have any red flags when it comes to friendships. It's instinctual. Either I fukk with you off the get, or I don't. If I don't it's because I "felt" something was off about you the first time I met you. I'm selective about who I choose to be friends with, at the very beginning, so I don't form friendships with you if my instincts feel off about you.

I really haven't been fukked over so far by any friends, or had any real bad experiences with friends either, so my instincts haven't failed me yet. I have about 6 close female friends. I know a lot of women can be grimey, but I just haven't had any of my close girls fukk me over, so I guess I've chose the right group of girls to befriend.
 

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I don't have a lot of friends..i just care about myself. I'm tired of hearing about people's. All my friends do is complain
 

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We all know red flags in relationships...but let’s talk about people u deal with longer than most relationships...

This one to me is very important....I’d say a little more than relationships bc who u associate with or befriend can mean life or death sometimes...or dray u down in life.

We all think just cuz we drink & have fun with someone they’re ur friend...when they just tolerate u. Then u wonder why ur so called best friend set u up/smashed ya gf or ex/stole from u etc....

Here’s my list over the years....

Lies all the time...even trivial stuff
Always downing ur accomplishments (that girl u bagged wasnt even cute)
Always taking subtle shots/comments (there go big money man buying something else again)
Always humored at ur expense/ L’s...(haha, u got finessed out that deal)
Doesnt have a car
Raised by a single mother/has too many female tendencies/emotionally reactive
Hot head
Has no passion in life, wants to bum around
Doesnt strive me to do better
Scared to tell me the truth even if it pisses me off
Soft/pushover
Two faced
Gossips alot
Always asking for money
Anytime he gets a gf he dissappears/doesnt have time anymore
Tries to put u down/show off infront of females
Is a simp

With the above I can MAYBE make u an associate....but I’ll never make u an honest friend. I keep squares out my circle.

Females drop ur comments...cuz y’all are worse than dudes it seems. If I was a female I’d have like 1 female friend:huhldup:


@HarlemHottie @Nicole0416 @Booksnrain @Hungerpain @Luck @Serious @Barnett114

Another thing:

- Stay the fukk away from people who always bring up negativity from your past. If you got an athletic build, they gotta mention how you were overweight 5 years ago. You making good money, they gotta remind you that you used to be broke. You're confident and making friends, getting women etc they just have to remind you of when you were taking social Ls back in the day. Drop that person TODAY.

- Somebody who always feels the need to be a contrarian. Of course you don't want a 'yes man' in your life, but if you got a 'friend' who always feels the need to contradict what you say, sideye that person at the very least. They ain't down for you.

- Always has to bring things around to a negative even when you try to see the positive side eg you lose your job and you mention that even though you know things are hard, you're confident you will get another job real soon and rather than encourage you to keep pushing they gotta say some shyt like "yeah, but the job market isn't easy right now and you're gonna struggle you probably not gonna get anything for a long time". No shyt! :comeon:You trying to see the bright side and they still gotta kick you down somehow.
 

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Most people are about themselves, self preservation, and what suits their best interests in the long and short term.

You'll save yourself a lot of headache when you realize that outside of your immediate family (mother, father, brother, or sister) that most people are not going to have your back when life starts getting hectic.

A lot of people throw the word friend around to loosely.

You'll do good if you make 3 good friends in a lifetime. When I say friend I'm talking about someone whose house you can go sleep when you don't have anywhere else to go, someone who will buy you food when you are broke and hungry, someone who will help you get a job when you're jobless, someone whose going to come through and put money on your books or post your bail when you locked up, someone whose going to come fight beside you known both of y'all about to take an azz whipping, and such.

Most people aren't built to fool with no one who isn't their immediate family on that level.

You pretty much summed it up, but to piggy back off of what you said, even your so called immediate family may not fukk with you like that, let alone a so called friend. I know that the one person who has been day one ride or die for a Breh is the person who gave birth to me! Everybody else? Eh..

Good post! Was spot on!
 
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