Friends.

When we were young we chose our friends with simple discretion's... like "ooh i like her shoes!"
or "everyone else likes her!" Of course everything was simpler back then wasn't it? When we're grown and we have children, we become a little more cautious of who we put in our lives because it ultimately effects our children's lives... even if we don't always make the right or best decisions... we try. A lot of the friends we had as children are no longer in our lives, and the few that stick around are extremely special to our hearts.

When those bad people are in your family, or a dear friend you've had since before you can remember, it's harder to walk away from them. Sometimes, even though you know they're bad for your emotional and sometimes physical health, you let them in because you can't help but to care about the person. How do you turn your best friend since eighth grade away, when she needs your help?

It's hard sometimes, but sometimes you have to do whats best for your family... your children, and if it comes down to that, then I can see putting those people out of your life without a second thought. --- it would be a lot harder if it were actual family, there might be quite a few second thoughts on that one, but if it needed to be done, then I could still completely understand someone doing it.

Here's another twist and turn on that thought. What if your significant other had a problem with your friend. would you stop talking to them? would you cut that person out of your life to save your relationship? Or would you simply tell your loving better/worse half that they are in ur life whether they like or not, deal with it?

Friends, good ones, are really hard to come by. There always seems to be a catch. My personal experience has been them pretty much saying "Be there for me, but don't expect me to be there for you, and when I do happen to grace your issues with my opinions, I'll make sure not to take your feelings into consideration" lol okay that was a long quote... but not too over exaggerated. I can honestly say I do have a couple of good friends. Best friends? no. Other than my sisters, and fortunately for me I do have two pretty different but great sisters.

I have always been the last one to walk away. I, for some reason, always find myself trying to rectify the situation. Beating a dead horse so to speak, because I just can't see walking away from someone I have cared for. I don't think it's the right thing to do, even when my logical mind is saying it is, my emotional mind is screaming otherwise.