What quality do you value most in a friend?
Loyalty because sadly it’s a very difficult trait to find in people. They believe themselves to be loyal but at the first hint they may need to speak up for you or support you in your endeavor, they run.
My two best friends from high school were upset I had done so well at a camp, that when I was chosen to be a candidate to represent the camp, they didn’t even vote for me.
I wrote letters to the editor of a big city newspaper. Many of them were published. One was even chosen as letter of the week. We received a phone call and my ex answers it. It’s the AA pilot’s union calling about a recent letter I wrote that was published in the newspaper. I could hear him apologize and saying he didn’t write it. It wasn’t his fault. His wife wrote it. It was her fault.
They asked to speak to me. The union wasn’t upset. They wanted my permission to publish it in their own newsletter. They were so impressed with it. Sad to say I wasn’t surprised by my ex’s reaction. I used to think he wouldn’t cross the street to save me or his daughters if the house was on fire.
There are other examples from friends and family members. I won’t go on and on.
Loyalty like many things in life is a choice. I would love to have a loyal friend.
My life on an unexpected path 