Friends

Have you ever gotten to the point in your life when you have absolutely no clue who your true friends are? I can honestly say it's been like that for me most of my life. Once you think you have a permanent friend who promises to stick with you through the worst forever, something happens and that friendship slowly unravels. That's why you don't rely on other sinful human beings to support you your whole life. I may be pretty young myself, but I have been through quite a lot. So here's some common problems that happen to friendships. Some are worse than others but these each happen depending on the situation at hand, and how you and your friend handle it.

1. Boys (or girls)
My gosh. If I had a Samoa for every time someone ended a great friendship over a boy, I'd be morbidly obese. There are so many ways that a boy (or girl) could end a friendship. Whether you and your bestie are crushing on the same guy or you're stupid and your friend's boyfriend is cheating on her with you or the other way around. Maybe your best friend is a guy and he has this super crush on you or you on him but you don't know and blah blah blah then someone's heart get's broken. Maybe you started dating your bestie's ex and she felt betrayed (yes, even if they dumped him). Stuff like this happens every day. Sometimes you don't even realize until she starts to get distant.

2. Social networks
So cyberbulling has become a BIG stink over the past few years. Like in that ABC Family movie, Cyberbully,
where the girl is torture by all these kids calling her a slut and saying so many nasty things about and to her and one of her best friends was too shallow to stick up for her and the other one pretended to be some guy who also spread rumors about her because she was jealous of her and her prom date. DUDE. Who does that? That really really REALLY sucks. You know that those people aren't your true friends. Telling lies or secrets about your friend, acquaintance, family member, mortal enemy, or anyone is NOT okay.

3. Religion
Most of my friends are Christian, because I was raised going to church and am a strong believer in Jesus Christ. If you and your friend have different beliefs on religion a most of the time it'll really be hard to cope with. I mean, sometimes those friends are actually closer than the ones that believe in the same thing as you but it depends on how strong you are in your faith. If you aren't willing to defend your faith no matter what, than is anything really worth it?

4. Sarcasm/friendly jokes
Okay, let's be honest. People are sensitive. Sometimes overly sensitive. Even sarcasm like "Wow you're so stupid", followed by laughter on both sides may have deep down hurt them. You know where I'm going with this.

5. Age
People who are younger or older can be friends. Seriously. The older person, of course, grows up faster unless the younger is at the same maturity level, than you kinda grow up together. A lot of the time though, the older person thinks that because they're like, 5 years older means that they probably shouldn't be so close with you, because you're younger, and you don't know anything. It sucks, but it does happen. 

These are just some things that can happen in your relationships with people. But that's if you let them. If you and your friend are true to each other, than you shouldn't have much to worry about. And like I said before, sometimes you grow apart, and you can do that if you trust God with your relationships.