Your friends

Who are your friends? What do they say about you?  Not by their words but by their existence.  Are all your friends low life pieces of shit?  Are they all super successful over achievers? Or do you have a good mixture? This is something I have been thinking about because I think it's a good indicator of who you are as a person.  I ignored signs with two women I was in serious relationships with, one of which I'm still in.  The only friends they had were low lifers, parties and under achievers.  There is nothing wrong with having friends like that though.  I know I have friends that would classify as such.  It's important to get along with anyone and be friends with people who are in different positions than you in life.  But when the only people you can foster long term friendships with are bottom feeders, odds are there's something up.  There's a reason that successful and functional people cannot or will not be friends with you longer than a month.  That said there are people I know who are only friends with successful over achievers.  This is an indicator of an unhealthy perception because these people often see themselves as better than others and are unable to connect to different classes of people.  It's when you can foster long term relationships with upper class over achievers as well as low life bottom feeders that you really show yourself to be a rounded individual that can connect with multiple classes of people and not view yourself better than others that are less fortunate.  When looking for friends or relationships look for this characteristic in a person and try to exemplify it yourself.  In my opinion it is a testament to character.