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Date Posted: 07:19:43 11/06/06 Mon
Author: Renata Pessoa
Subject: Re: Peer Pressure and Friendship
In reply to: Lukas Edringer 's message, "Peer Pressure and Friendship" on 20:19:19 11/05/06 Sun

Hello Lukas,

I think your definitions of what is a friend and what is not a friend are very correct. A true friend would never force you to do something against your will. Besides, a true friendship should be built on respect and trust. If a person does not respect your values, he/she should not be your friend at all. In my opinion, it's not easy to find a real friend. It takes years for you to know whether you can trust and count on a person whenever you need him/her.

Renata Pessoa

> What is friendship? Who can you consider a
>friend? How far does friendship go? Friendship
>certainly involves peer pressure, any way that you’re
>going to look at it. But not all peer pressure is bad,
>just when your friends want you to do things that are
>against your morals is when you need to act up. We
>have friends for the reason that we choose. To keep us
>going, to have fun with through the good times while
>helping us through the bad, that’s friendship. But
>friends that try to change you for their liking are
>not friends at all. If your friends drink alcohol or
>do drugs, and if you are against such things, but they
>do not respect your decision to not do the same things
>and then tease you for it, then you need to find new
>friends. In order to maintain your individuality,
>morals and values, you need to either make a stand
>against your friends pressuring you and tell them to
>respect your decisions, or you need to stop hanging
>around with them until they understand what you mean.
>Because if they are your friends, and have been for a
>while, then I understand that you cannot just simply
>toss them away so easily. Friends are people you have
>chosen to bring closer to yourself, and that can be a
>hard thing to break.

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