How to Detect a Bad Friendship
- 1). Determine if your friend is opportunistic. For example, if your friend always mentions your accomplishments and the things you have when someone asks her about her friendship with you, then ask yourself if she's your friend because she can further her own agenda through connections with you.
- 2). Examine your friend's attitudes. If you're always the one who calls your friend or makes appointments to hang out but your friend doesn't give as much to the maintenance of the friendship, then it may be that he's selfish and doesn't care about the friendship. Or if your friend easily gets offended when you give constructive criticism but always puts you down, then ask yourself if you want to continue the friendship.
- 3). Look for signs of overdependence. If you have other friends you often hang out with but your friend gets upset and accuses you of neglecting him, then this is not a sign of a healthy friendship. Or if your friend constantly calls even after you spent an hour talking with her, then this means she's a little too clingy.
- 4). Determine if your friend doesn't accept you for who you are. If you hold to strong biblical convictions but your friend tries to encourage you to take part in behaviors you do not believe in or says derogatory and hurtful things about your faith all the time, then realize that this person is not a real friend.
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