GuyB1958's blog: "Friends and Family???"

Are you the type of friend that visits your friends or family ONLY after you see that they have hit your page and rated you?  Or do you visit their page and rate them anyway?  Do you ignore your friends and family when they shout at you, cuz you are too busy, or do you politely tell them HI and that you don't really have the time to chat.  Do you post Status Quotes, asking everyone for R/F/A's, Bling, or some other gifts, knowing that you aren't going to return the favor?

Of all my friends, I have about 5 that will visit my page and rate, or chat with me, without me having to initiate it.  And I love them dearly.  But I have many more that don't, or won't.  

I have had friends that say right in their "About Me" that they rarely rate, chat, or even respond to personal messages, simply because they are only here for the GAME, and want to boost their egos by relishing all of the FALSE POPULARITY that Fubar offers them.  Needless to say, they are no longer Friends and I would guess that they don't even know it.

I swear, I have never in my life seen so many attention starved people.

I clearly understand that most all of you have different things going on in your lives that don't allow you to contact ALL of your friends in here as you might like to, or have the time to get to know someone that you might actually like.  But, from my perspective, there are many of you that seemingly don't even make an effort.  In fact, I would bet money that less than 20 of my "Friends" would even read this blog within 2 months after I've posted it.

I realize that this is the NET, and it is what it is.  But I don't have to like it.  Nor do I have to like the fact that so many people in Fu are only interested in what THEY can get out of this place, and F*ck what anyone else wants or needs.

I am not saying all this because I am crying for attention, nor do I expect that everyone is gonna change how they are.  But I am saying this cuz I would like to see some of you make an effort to do what it is that you are so often asking others to do for you.

Guy's rule #1)  You get what you give

Some of you may read this and believe that you do make an honest effort to show your friendship to others....  and you probably do.  But if you read this, and you get the impression that I am talking directly to you..... guess what?  I probably am.

Try to be the type of friend that you want others to be to you