B**** Slap Your Best Friends

Ever had someone come up to you and told you how much of an idiot you are? No? Then you've not a single true friend in your group. Lets face it. None of us grew up not having done something wrong, or been someone intolerably idiotic. We can't help it. Call it genetic if you must, there has to be certain parts of us which was at some point annoying your friends so much they'd either walk up to you and slap you with contempt of simply ignore you.

We all face problems with people. Its the way life is meant to be. We are all made different for a reason. Its like we've been set to do different things in life from the very beginning. Accountants have to be very meticulous with cash, therefore they appear to be extra stingy and selfish with spending. But that's what make accountants so good. Some people are so good at lying, they'd make up the most exciting and believable stories in a flash. These people work well with marketing and sales. Its just how we are that makes us what we are in life. But all these has to have a line drawn. Because as a friend, we are neither accountants nor marketeers. We are friends.

I know some of you might say things like: 'I am the way I am, and if you're good enough a friend, you should accept me as I am.' That's a load of cow manure. As much as we don't like to be slaves to society and its conducts, they were set there initially for a good reason. For example, you won't want to shake the hands of a passionate nose digger because they're unhygienic. If you don't respect people, you don't get no people. Look in the mirror. Do you have something people just cannot accept? Is that why you can't seem to keep your friends around you? Now don't go slamming your heads with a sledge hammer just yet. As much as everyone would like to blame you for your disgusting character, its not entirely your fault. People find it hardest to understand him/herself. That is why The Encounter of the Final Kind refers to yourself.

Being a friend is not easy. There is no such thing as a scratch-free friendship. If there were, they're not your friends. Would you go up to your friend and tell him/her that his/her breath stinks or he/she is always being a sarcastic female dog? If you won't, he/she is probably not worth your effort, which also means he/she is not important enough for you.  Best friends always point out each other's character flaws, because they care for their friends and want the best for their friends.

"But it'll always end up in a fight!" Egos are both good and bad for a person. Don't ever try to break a person's ego. Go around it. When you know your friend well enough, you'll eventually know how to work your way around his/her ego. Remember, your purpose is to solve a problem, not to demean him/her. When you can walk up to your friend and say: ' I know this might ruin our friendship but I need you to know this because it's important to you', you're well on your way to becoming a person's best friend. And if he/she don't see that as a blessing, feel free to stick a 'Kick Me' sign behind him/her the next time you happen to meet.