Who are your REAL friends?

The word friend is being bandied about these days without much thought to the meaning of the word.

Do your friends walk beside you or are you content to have them behind you. Sometimes you find out who your real friends are when they think they have arrived. Say for instance they get a new job or a new beau. Some friends may not know how to handle the new event in their lives and may take some time to juggle their social life and romantic or work life. Other people, however announce their fakeness as friends. If you wish to join them they would be evasive about how they got the job. What about when they are getting married how long does it take for you to get invited? Do you play a major part in their wedding preparations and on the actual day? Or do they come to you only to boast or when something is going wrong and they need a shoulder to cry on.

Some so-called friends may learn of opportunities for advancement but never reveal them to you. Other faux friends are glad when you fail at something.

Who are your true friends? Those you stick up for you, who love you all the time, who are there for you.