Posted by: Dorothy Stahlnecker on September 20, 2007 6:38AM EST Thanks for the comments, I'm learning there are different ways to understand friends. Thanks Dorothy from grammology.

Posted by: Violet on July 25, 2007 10:30AM EST I don't think that are great friends always dissapoint us. I think that, or atleast in my experience friends usually stick together. Maybe my not so close friends dissapoint me but for the most part my friends in highschool have done okay...

Posted by: Chandler DeWitt on July 24, 2007 2:24PM EST Unfortunately I fo agree with them. Sometimes friends can let you down. I am fortunate enough to have found six great friends who I can trust and know that they will never let me down. In middle school I had a best friend, but when we got to highschool she ditched me and I still do not talk with her very much two years later. My advice is to look for people you can trust and then be nice to everyone else. Everyone is so competitive with sports, school, and friends that it is hard for people to find someone they can trust. It is good to try and work things out and be honest with your friends, because they will respect you.

Posted by: Elizabeth King on July 18, 2007 9:15AM EST At our age now friends do sometimes let us down. It is so hard to find a friend that will always be there for you and won't disappoint you. I know that I have told something to my friends that I do not want repeated, and in the end people somehow heard about it. I’m sure we have all been let down in situations similar to this. Trusting people these days is such a hard thing to do. I wish it wasn't like this. The only thing that I am able to do is try to always be there for my friends, and not let them down.

Posted by: BethJ007 on July 17, 2007 10:35AM EST I unfortunately have had to deal with many disappointments from friends. Some have chosen paths that I did not want to take, some have made choices in their lives that I didn't agree with, some I have just had falling outs with. But I think it is a natural part of friendship to have disagreements. Just like any aspect of your life, you aren't always going to agree and there will be bumps in the road. Sometimes it is best to sever ties with a friend if they are doing something that could potentially bring you down with them. But more often it is better to try and work things out and if you get through it your friendship is that much stronger.