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Originally Posted by graciegirl
What traits are those that matter when you pick friends? A little, or a lot, or not at all?
Age
Gender
General health
Sense of humor
Sense of responsiblity towards rules
How they look
How they dress
Amount of money
Level of success
Educational background
Religion
Political leaning
Acceptance of differences in others.
Size of home
Value family
Value pets
Smoking or not smoking
Drinking or not drinking.
Add to the list if your think of something.
THESE ARE NOT A lIST OF THE THINGS I USE TO CHOOSE FRIENDS....except for kindness and responsibility and humor.
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I agree with those who say they don't pick friends, friendship just seems to happen when you don't expect it. For me there are things that can end a friendship once it starts, like smoking, drinking or serious breaking of the law.
When it comes to such things as politics and religion, I think most people become less accepting of differences as they get older.
In my lifetime I've had the great privilege of having all kinds of friends. Some were relatively poor, some middle class, and a few were from incredibly wealthy families. But money didn't have anything to do with the friendships, neither did age, religion, politics or health.