yabbadabbadontsomewhere, Waikato New Zealand1,692 posts
montecito: I wouldn't call anymore on here my "friend". How can they be a true friend when they are behind a computer screen sometimes thousands of miles away. If people here are kind, that's how I think of them, if they start arguments, they won't get my attention. These are people I associate with. They're fun most of the time, but to me a friend is someone you can call at 3:00 a.m. when you need help.
As for backstabbers, I had a girlfriend for several years. Unbeknown to me she was dating our boss. One day I heard she was marrying him and I didn't get a wedding invitation. In my last job I worked with people who were kind to my face and the minute I walked away they gossiped about me. I have very little faith and trust in mankind.
I get what you're saying.... been in that head space too....
but am always hoping that I meet someone with values you can trust...... I hope you meet some of those peeps too...
montecito: I wouldn't call anymore on here my "friend". How can they be a true friend when they are behind a computer screen sometimes thousands of miles away. If people here are kind, that's how I think of them, if they start arguments, they won't get my attention. These are people I associate with. They're fun most of the time, but to me a friend is someone you can call at 3:00 a.m. when you need help.
As for backstabbers, I had a girlfriend for several years. Unbeknown to me she was dating our boss. One day I heard she was marrying him and I didn't get a wedding invitation. In my last job I worked with people who were kind to my face and the minute I walked away they gossiped about me. I have very little faith and trust in mankind.
i understand where you are coming from - but in truth some of the friends i have made on here I can call at 3 AM and they can call me at 3 AM if they need me. Just because you know them face to face doesnt make them anymore trustworthy or better friends than someone behind a computer screen. JMO
gemeh22: i understand where you are coming from - but in truth some of the friends i have made on here I can call at 3 AM and they can call me at 3 AM if they need me. Just because you know them face to face doesnt make them anymore trustworthy or better friends than someone behind a computer screen. JMO
Not saying trust wont be ever be broken just saying its can happen whether face to face or behind a screen and I choose to live my life believing in the friends i've made until given a reason not too. If i never trusted anyone and never took them at face value and given them a chance to be the person I see in them than I would live a very lonely life. Face to Face has no guarantee either.
I think the worse type of back stabbers are family members. Family is suppose to be thee for each other, to have your back when needed, not to tear you down or humiliate you? Not to air my family's dirty laundry, but I am regretting a decision I had made about a couple of months ago. . . . feels like years.
gemeh22: Not saying trust wont be ever be broken just saying its can happen whether face to face or behind a screen and I choose to live my life believing in the friends i've made until given a reason not too. If i never trusted anyone and never took them at face value and given them a chance to be the person I see in them than I would live a very lonely life. Face to Face has no guarantee either.
just feeling naughty...
there's a couple of women around here i would'nt mind stabbing...
They can stab me in the back,i have a built in stab jacket.It doesnt bother me,just shows they are cowards,and wont face me and say it.Thier issue,not mine.
time4fun4u: They can stab me in the back,i have a built in stab jacket.It doesnt bother me,just shows they are cowards,and wont face me and say it.Thier issue,not mine.
I've got impressive armor for this myself, built up by growing up in a little town with a school full of that sort of thing.
If I have something to say, I'll say it to your face (good or bad).
chococherrieSomewhere over the Rainbow, Indonesia5,647 posts
time4fun4u: They can stab me in the back,i have a built in stab jacket.It doesnt bother me,just shows they are cowards,and wont face me and say it.Thier issue,not mine.
MerriweatherAdelaide, South Australia Australia11,403 posts
To backstab is the norm in work environments..
How can you not...
If you notice that someone has made an error, you have to tell them so... otherwise they will continue... however, in doing so, you have inadvertently stabbed them in the back... because higher up the line, big brother is watching. ready to write up a report to put into someone's personnel file..
so its you or not...
Crikey, but I am over office politics and wearing badges.. Just a few more years of this torture and I am out to smell roses forever...
They can stab me in the back,i have a built in stab jacket.It doesnt bother me,just shows they are cowards,and wont face me and say it.Thier issue,not mine.[/quote Spoken like a real man.
gemeh22: who hasnt had an experience with "backstabbers" . Here on this site, do i trust anyone? yes , i do , I have made what i consider good caring friends. I may not have met them face to face but feel they are as trustworthy as the people I know in "real life" . Will they hurt me or betray me , chances are the same as in real life isnt it? I choose not to live my life concerned with who is going to hurt me in some way and choose to have these people in my life because I consider them friends and they have yet to show me otherwise.
montecito: I wouldn't call anymore on here my "friend". How can they be a true friend when they are behind a computer screen sometimes thousands of miles away. If people here are kind, that's how I think of them, if they start arguments, they won't get my attention. These are people I associate with. They're fun most of the time, but to me a friend is someone you can call at 3:00 a.m. when you need help.
As for backstabbers, I had a girlfriend for several years. Unbeknown to me she was dating our boss. One day I heard she was marrying him and I didn't get a wedding invitation. In my last job I worked with people who were kind to my face and the minute I walked away they gossiped about me. I have very little faith and trust in mankind.
Yes it is hard to trust I think on this site some people have so many faces you find it hard to know who to trust
cherrybrandycambridge, Cambridgeshire, England UK7,473 posts
dealing with backstabbers is a skill,that we learn with experience.. sometimes we never learn,sometimes we get cynical,sometimes we might turn backstabbers ourselves..and sometimes we learn to deal with them appropriately and confront directly,if they are able to compehence issues might be solved,if not ..its a matter of personal choice..its called life at times..
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As for backstabbers, I had a girlfriend for several years. Unbeknown to me she was dating our boss. One day I heard she was marrying him and I didn't get a wedding invitation. In my last job I worked with people who were kind to my face and the minute I walked away they gossiped about me. I have very little faith and trust in mankind.
I get what you're saying....
been in that head space too....
but am always hoping that I meet someone with values you can trust......
I hope you meet some of those peeps too...