The book you are reading for UNV 1010, Habitudes, talks about how it is hard to stay close to everyone who was once a friend. The book recommends that you don't burn bridges. For this week's post, recall a time when you didn't burn a bridge and were glad that you didn't? Post a response by Wednesday, Sept. 28.Thursday, August 4, 2016
Habitudes
The book you are reading for UNV 1010, Habitudes, talks about how it is hard to stay close to everyone who was once a friend. The book recommends that you don't burn bridges. For this week's post, recall a time when you didn't burn a bridge and were glad that you didn't? Post a response by Wednesday, Sept. 28.
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A time when I unfriended someone but did not burn a bridge was during my last year of high-school. The crowd that I hung around was small, but they also were not the best of people. Towards the middle of the school year I decided to terminate the friendship of one of the people in my crowd. I never talked down on the person or anything, we remained associates. To this day I am glad that I did not burn any bridges because towards the end of the year (Around Finals time) I needed help on my final project and the person helped me.
ReplyDeleteIn middle school, I became best friends with a girl who I was unable to see for months at a time. She moved around a lot back then, and trying to contact her usually didn't work. Our relationship eventually grew strenuous due to lack of interaction, but I loved her a lot and wanted to remain friends. When I turned fourteen, I made a Facebook and we stayed in touch for a while after that. Although we don't talk much these days, seeing her happy still makes me smile. Keeping her in my life makes me glad, even if we no longer enjoy the same closeness that we used to.
ReplyDeleteAll throughout my childhood I had a close group of friends. We all got along and had good times together. Once high school came around I stopped being friends with them. It wasn't for any reason other than our lives being different and all of us growing up. I slowly stopped hanging out with them until eventually we stopped talking. Sometimes we'll comment on each others social media or text each other to see how life is going, but for the most part we aren't friends anymore.
ReplyDeleteI took my friend to Walmart and he bought everything that he need so, I gave him my keys to the car while I continued shopping. When I went outside my car was not there, my friend had left and didn't tell me. In the heat of the moment I was not going to talk to him anymore I then decided that our friendship was more than that situation. He is currently my best friend to this day.
ReplyDeleteIn elementary school a kid named Mac had put his finger in my chocolate pudding at lunch as I was eating it. I was so mad at this kid that I wanted to punch him. But I remained calm, because my mom had packet me an extra chocolate pudding. But I ended up ignoring/ not acknowledging Mac all day until we had a math test at the end of the day. I ended up cheating off of him. He caught me in the act but didn't rat me out. I'm glad I didn't punch him, otherwise I would of failed that math test. I currently work with Mac to this day.
ReplyDeleteBack in high school I had a crush on this guy, however my best friend for years had ended up dating him. I was so upset and so ready to get end my friendship with her, but some how I couldn't give up on my best friend. I didn't want to let a guy ruin our friendship. Looking back at it now, I'm glad I worked at keeping her as a friend because she has actually helped get my a job back home. It helped me save up money for school. If I hadn't tried to keep that friendship, I probably wouldn't have been able to save up as much money or have been able to have someone in my life who I can tell anything because she is my best friend.
ReplyDeleteFunny story...Do you have an Identical Twin who has the same crush as you, then dates your crush 1 year later? Back in High School, my brother Jonathon and I had the same crush on the same girl who took the name Lana. To save us some time with the story, my brother Jonathon ended up dating this chick. I will say I was happy for them both but in reality, it was terrible. Seeing her at my house all the time dating my brother and not me. I can say I'm pretty close with my twin and during the time they were dating, I did not interfere with their relationship. Today, I am glad I didn't interfere with that relationship because if I had, my relationship with my brother wouldn't be the same as it is today. We are partners in crime.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure most people have had that one friend that came out and told you they liked you, but only AFTER they saw that you were happily with someone else. One of my best friends came up to me in high school, and told me that they had a crush on me, when I was happy and in a relationship (Which I currently still happen to be in.) They decided to try and get me to like them instead, and that didn't bode well for them. A lot of things happened, following in with an angry significant other, and a long period of time where I didn't talk to my friend. I didn't think we would ever talk or get to be friends again, but I finally went up to them during practice for senior graduation. I wasn't graduating with grudges, and anger in me. We talked things out, and now we're just as close as we were before (without any romantic ties,) and I'm glad I didn't graduate with a grudge, and the loss of someone close to my heart.
ReplyDeleteEvery year in high school we had a Winter Formal dance, and for the dance, the girls had to ask the guys. I was planning on asking my guy friend, just to go as friends to the dance. I asked him, and he said he didn't know, because his mom had a concert. I found out a couple of days later that my best friend had been texting him and telling him it would mean a lot to me if he went to the dance with me. I was really mad with my friend as she went behind my back, and I didn't really care if the guy came or not since it was a last minute thing, but I didn't want him thinking I liked him or anything, so I was really mad at my friend for almost a month. But then I decided that it wasn't worth losing my best friend, and it was kind of sad not hanging out with her anymore, so I forgave her, and we are still best friends to this day.
ReplyDeleteIn high school, I had a very close friend who had been a close friend since we were babies. We had always remembered each other's birthdays, even when it was on a weekend or holiday break. One year in high school, she did not remember my birthday. I was hurt, but I did not let that stop our friendship. I still remembered to send her a text on her birthday that year, as it was during holiday break. Now, we are no longer friends. We grew apart when I started online high school.
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1 time where I almost burned a bridge , what about 6 years ago when I first moved to hamtramck. I had became really good friends with this guy named juwan and throughout the years i never really had any problems with him, until one day we were playing basketball and I accidentally elbowed him and he felt like I did it on purpose, while we were in the principles office he was taking to us and he was was saying what happen i thought you guys were best friends, he gave us three days iss, and we didn't talk for weeks until we played basketball again, after that game we made up and were friends. fast forward to my senior year in high school, when I had to present my portfolio to graduate and he helped me go over it and I passed it. we are still friends till this day.
ReplyDeleteBack when I was in 8th grade, my sister began dating one of my best friends. Long story short, she cheated on him and he was extremely upset. I felt like I had to choose a side, either my sister or my friend. This became extremely hard for me because he had hatred for her and I was afraid that he wouldn't want to keep our friendship. I ended up not burning my bridge with him because I knew that I didn't want to lose him, and I'm beyond grateful for my decision. Today, he no longer has negative feelings towards my sister and he is still my closest friend. We hang out all the time, and recently, I actually had a movie night with him and we invited my sister to join us.
ReplyDeleteBack in high school, I was told by someone that a good friend talked bad about me behind my back. I was pretty mad them, so for about two weeks I didn't really talk to them that much. During that time, I really considered cutting my good friend off, but at the end of about two weeks, I decided to just ask him about it. So I asked my friend and a few other people about it, and it turned out that that person completely lied about my good friend talking bad about me. We are still good friends to this day and I am really glad i did not cut him off before asking him and other people about it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in about 6th grade, my older brother was dating a girl who happened to have a brother my age. Eventually, we became good friends, but somewhere between 8th grade and high school we drifted apart and started hanging out with different groups. However, in junior year we ended up working at the same place and I was determined it wasn't going to be awkward. We had grown apart for silly reasons and I was glad I made the effort to work on our friendship. Once again, we have become good friends and he has thanked me for taking the initiative to work on our friendship.
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