There is no such thing as ‘unconditional friendship’. Anyone who claims to be your friend will ultimately butt fuck you at one time or another, and all you can do is pull the dick out of your ass and send your so called friend packing with a message they burnt their bridge and to find some other stupid motherfucker to do their bidding (but who won’t be as cool as I was over the last 15 years or so. I thought I understood what unconditional friendship was. For many years I ate shit from friends who only took, took, took and never gave in return. Better to have bad friends than no friend at all, I guess.
Nut no longer can I be silent. I can be unconditional no more to those who treat me badly. Fair warning. One has already been eradicated from my life. Whose next. I don’t really trust anyone at this point, so tread lightly.
Then there are fair-weather friends, people who claim to be your friends, but only show up when they want something, or there is something you have that they want. Anything else they never seem to have time for.
Me: Going to be in the area, like to get together?
FW Friend: Nah, I’ve got some <insert lame excuse here> to deal with.
Me: Oh, well. you said anytime I was in the area to let you know…
FW Friend: Yeah, sorry, it’s just that this weekend is <lame excuse here> (Translation: I really didn’t think you would ever take me up on the offer)
Me: Yeah, that’s cool. Sorry ’bout that. (Translation: I know you’re full of shit, so the next time you want something from me, you are going to WORK for it.)
But years pass and the FW Friend wants something thus making me convenient to talk to. Not anymore. I see through those people now. If I’m not good enough for company or occasional chat about something other than the topic the FW Friend wants from me, I ain’t interested in being used. Yeah, I too am a human being and have to start insisting that I prefer to be treated as one.
So if you are reading this and you believe you might fall into one of those two categories (and more importantly, if you CARE about it), it’s not too late. Make amends, not only with me, but with anyone else you might be fair weathered too as well. They will appreciate the effort.