I welcome you to my blog. When we talk about friendships and friends, we have all had our experiences, some bad and some good. For friendships, I won't lie, I've never had a bad experience because I have always been picky with the style of people I let into my circle. I, for one, enjoy my own company, and for that reason I don't make many friends, and it takes a lot before I let one in or even call them a friend. Those days before one is called a friend, they are vetted and confirmed to be trustworthy until they decide to prove otherwise. In today's world, many people just see someone for the first time and you are already calling them and seeing them as a friend even before they proved themselves to you or before you got to know them.
The fact that this generation rushes into friendship is why we have many failed friendships and why they have people they call friends stab them in the back and lie against them and even to them. Sometimes they even go as far as placing blame on a person they call a friend just so they can escape the punishment or consequences while the other takes the fall for it, and they will not even feel any form of remorse. The way friendships play out in this era and generation is completely different from the picture of friendship I have in my head.
In friendships these days you have friends lie about a friend, you have friends betray friends, you have friends lie to friends, and you have friends cheat and hurt friends, which is not supposed to be. Friends are supposed and are expected to be loyal to their friends and not what we see today. Today the word "friendship" runs without loyalty to one another, and for that reason, people who claim to be friends betray each other without even thinking twice since there is no loyalty.
About friends telling lies, like I have said, friends can lie for you to cover for you but should never lie to you because a single lie told can break trust and a friendship that took ages and so many years to build. We are humans; it is kind of in our nature to lie, but for the sake of loyalty and how a single lie can affect us, our relationship, and our friendship, we must be careful what we lie about, who we lie to, and why we lie.
At this point and as adults we all ought to know that lying is not even an option. You are an adult; just say the truth and face the consequences. As an adult, nobody will flog you for speaking the truth; rather than lie, I support just saying the truth.
