Hey Friendship

"...Now you know. Your girl or your boy, who you thought was your best friend, your road dog, your true blue, has shown his or her true colors leaving you standing looking stupid, hurt and betrayed in his or her dust. Now what? Once you go through the initial hurt, pain, suffering and all the other emotions that come with being deceived, it dawns on you that you have a decision to make. Do you allow this person to remain in your inner circle? Chances are if you were as close to this person as most of us are with our best friends, he or she probably was your inner circle. Are you ready to sever the tie? Do you want to forgive and move past this indiscretion and make an attempt to salvage the relationship?

...there is an art to friendship just as there is with all relationships. It is truly a give and take situation to make it work...So, for those of you out there with strong intimate friendships, cherish them, protect them, enjoy them, and more importantly don't take them for granted. Because one day, the other half of the friendship circle could get a wild hair, and flip out, and play their stupid card. To this I say "oh holder of the stupid card", think long and hard before you make the dumbest move of your life. Sometimes people do things and lose people and relationships in their lives that can never ever be replaced. They are usually one of a kind relationships. So before you make the final decision to go through with this ultimate act of betrayal, just know that this just might be it for your antics, the true "coup de gras." [sic] You just may be losing the person and or the relationship forever. There may be no turning back."

~Rica, Associated Content, The People's Media Company