By Molly Pig
Friendships are built on honesty. I learned the hard way that when you’re not honest about your feelings and your reasons for doing things, it can damage your relationships. When I first met my friend, Polly, I almost ruined our friendship before it even started.
The trouble was – I wasn’t being honest with anyone.
I was feeling bad because it seemed like everyone in class had paired off with their best friend for Friendship Day – everyone except me that is. And instead of being honest and sharing with my friends how excluded I was feeling, I pretended that it didn’t bother me. Then, when Polly joined our class, I decided that she was going to be my new best friend – whether she liked it or not. I started spending all my time with Polly and ignoring my other friends who I had known forever. They weren’t very happy with me, and when Polly realized I was only trying to be her friend so I’d have a partner for Friendship Day, she wasn’t very happy either.
I should have told my friends that I was feeling left out, and I shouldn’t have tried to befriend Polly for all the wrong reasons. Luckily, I have some WONDERFUL friends and once they realized what was really bothering me, they forgave me.
The important thing to remember is that if I had been honest in the first place, I wouldn’t have hurt my friends and I wouldn’t have hurt Polly. From now on, I’m going to be up front with my friends even when it’s difficult or I feel uncomfortable. Because if you can’t trust your friends, who can you trust?
I think Ella and P.J. need to give each other some Honesty AND give each other a chance. They also have to forgive each other. Honesty is very important for almost everything. From friendship to dealing with things, Honesty is very important.
My friend wasn’t always honest with me, so i stopped playing with her. She got really mean, and then, when she realized that she was losing all her friends by lying, she changed and is now my bff.
I think honesty is the key to life. Without it everyone is lying to each other!!!
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Honesty isn’t the only thing in ANY type of relationships. If you’re in a friend relationship, you do need honesty, respect, trust, faithfulness and A LOT of other things.And i mean A LOT!!!
You have to tell your friends that you dont have a partner for friendship day maybe they could help.
Without honesty where would the world be?
Well, i think my friend should read this. Cause, uh, lets just say her honesty on a scale of 1 to 10 is…..a negative 1….
OOOH u remember this story, through the whole thing i kept saying to myself, just tell them the truth! It helped right?
Thanks for writing that it helps so much