If someone intentionally did you dirty, would you be able to be friends later on?
It can be something as small as telling a little lie about you, gossiping about you, stealing something not very valuable from you, hiding secrets from you, or anything at all that isn’t in your favor.
Personally, if I know someone did something against me, I don’t think I can be their friend later down the line. It’s like if I can’t trust them with something small, then I sure as hell can’t trust them with something bigger.
If it was intentional, then that’s malicious, and those kind are toxic and cannot be trusted. The younger me was very tolerant of abusive people, probably because I was brought up by a toxic person. The older and wiser I became, my tolerance diminished, until I have no tolerance at all, and have most likely over-corrected because of it.
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@Carissimi exactly. Talking from our experiences, it’s hard to trust people. We keep seeing the same patterns, so it’s easy not to tolerate people the next time around. Malicious is the perfect word. Allowing the malicious ones to stick around even if they messed up once is risky. One strike and they’re out.
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@Aysel Right, I’m the same way. It’s like that thing they say, “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”
I cannot be friends with anyone who would do such things. I have been in such situations and it is hurtful. None of these could ever be explained away as unintentional or with good intentions. I have seen people who talk bad about someone behind their back and be as sweet as can be to their face. Even though their actions were not toward me that I witnessed, I could not be their friend from that day forward as the question always popped into my head whether they were doing the same things to me. I found out later they were. They are toxic human beings and should be avoided.
A friend should be able to talk to you if there's something they don't understand or if they're in need. If they immediately engage in gossip or theft then clearly our bond is not one based on respect and understanding.
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Betrayal is a deal breaker for me. I've tried being forgiving in the past, but they always just do it again.
@SW-User good question. I'd say no, but if someone does things that could possibly hurt another, they're still not my kind of person.
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@SW-User perfect! I was hoping for that response. People that are malicious aren’t my kind of people either. So in summary, being betrayed by people you trust hurts more. Therefore, it’s wise to be more selective in who we let in.
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@SW-User Agreed. I've learned that lesson over and over and now I keep to myself lol
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Depends how close we were and how I feel about them. We all make mistakes sometimes, the one thing I can't stand is if I apologize for my part in something and the other person accepts my apology then pretend they did nothing wrong themselves.. that makes me want to retract my own apology immedietly lmao! 🫣
@SW-User Did you laugh at my post because it was inspired by my comment to you?
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@SW-User yeah, I have had childhood friends stole money from me too. I totally forgive them because young people can be greedy. It’s the grownups that are dangerous imo.
And tbh, not sure why I smiled at your post. Maybe it’s because I was wondering if someone not apologizing back is that big of a deal to you for you enough to question it. The retracting the apology is kinda funny, not gonna lie.
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@SW-User Lol well I just thought about it when replying to you because it happened to me recently, and I feel like it's a whole topic in and of it's own, because it tells a lot about someone whether they do or don't in my opinion. You can see what I wrote about that to Fairydust in the comments under my post too. I do agree that as adults there's a lot less leeway because we're supposed to know better at this point.
Many years ago I was very popular at school, but I fell out with one guy over a girl. ok, so he would try to hurt me. But where did he get his info about me. Many years later I found it was another my close friends who was feeding him.
I would try to give benefit of doubt unless it were something serious
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@Punches Hmmm… the ideal me thinks the same way. However, knowing that someone isn’t honorable makes me not want to be their friend. I don’t want to be around liars, traitors, thieves.
It really depends on the circumstances, last year someone had disclosed something intentionally just to hurt me, knowing it would make things very hard for me and immediately called my integrity into question. He essentially used me as a scapegoat however, this was because they had misunderstood me (it appeared I'd done something which I hadn't). I have forgiven them purely because of that reason alone, I could definitely understand why he would have thought it. Friendship would not be an option in the future anyway I doubt, but possibly more than that when our circumstances change in the next few years.
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@Nihiless I like that. I feel it’s a mature and idealistic thing to say. I just wouldn’t be able to get over it. If I were you, I would know that guy is capable of sabotaging people. Not sure if it’s someone I want to be in my circle.
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No ..I already have trust issues...I have no problem cutting people off
Nope, I stopped talking to someone for years after a mutual friend blew the whistle on him. He was talking shit about me to anyone who would listen. I did a lot of good things for that guy, so I stay away.
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@uncalled4 Aww, that happened to me too. Hung out with this gay guy and accepted him as a friend. He was hitting on me, although I made it clear I’m straight. Thought we were friends, so I took it that he was joking around whenever he did. Later on, I heard from people that he was talking about me behind my back from the start. I realized this gay guy wasn’t really a friend and actually was trying to convert me all those times.
Like you, I stayed away from his plotting ass with zero regret.
@SW-User That sucks. He was just scorned, most likely. I'm straight but have a gay friend. Known him for 20+ years, but we have never spoken about relationships in any way. It's never relevant to our chats, which are all business and the people we know in said business.
Somebody on here has come to me to directly accuse me of things I hadn't done, I forgave and forgot the first couple of times, but the last time I said, I'm done, I won't be interacting with them again, so I muted them and steer clear