The 6 Signs for Detecting a Fake Friend

Friends don't show up at night. Friendship is forged through time, affection, and shared experiences, which lead to increased trust and acceptance of the other person as a person.

Friends don't show up overnight. Friendship is forged through time, affection, and shared experiences, which lead to situations of increased trust and acceptance of the other person as they are and capitalizing on both their strengths and weaknesses.

And a good friendship can last a lifetime and is an indisputable source of joy and quality of life. Friends make us feel protected and loved, in addition to allowing us to live unique adventures. A friend who knows how to listen is also a confidant and someone who will be there when you need him, in the same way, you will help him when he goes through an adverse circumstance.

But if there are good friends, of course, there are also mediocre friends and even false friends.

False friend: how to identify him and act in front of a toxic friendship

Despite all this, there are times when life puts people in front of us who only bring us disappointments. In this article, we offer a total of 6 keys to identify fake friends.

1. Close friend in two days

Friendships are usually forged over time. When someone pretends to make friends overnight with others, acting as a close friend, you should be careful and act cautiously.

The intimacy, trust, and connection typical of friendship appear progressively but are not given.

2. Defend yourself in good times and hide in bad times

One of the easiest ways to detect a false friendship is to notice what moments in your life are present: if when you are happy, you live good moments, it is there to share your life and fun, but still disappears when you have a problem or you are going through a bad time, you are likely facing a false friendship.

3. He likes to criticize you

The false friend is exposed when he enters your life and maliciously thinks of you. It highlights your mistakes, reminds you of your mistakes, and makes you feel bad. It is an unmistakable sign of a false friend, the fact that he certainly feels joy or gladness at your failures and enjoys them.

These types of pretentious friends are also known as emotional vampires. We talk more about them in this article:

"Emotional vampires: 7 personalities who rob you of your emotional well-being"

4. Talk bad about yourself in the back

A good friend gives you his sincere opinion and face; he does not speak ill of you when you are not present.

If you've noticed this, he criticizes you from behind, but he doesn't dare to tell you what he thinks about you directly, he's pretty sure this is a friend to avoid.

Friends must be respected. If a person constantly criticizes and belittles you, does not respect your opinions, etc., you are not in front of a good friend.

5. The pessimistic friend

It is necessary not to give much ground to friends with negative personalities; people who always see the glass half empty in everything you do, are jealous of you or are not satisfied with your successes, or the profile of a friend who hides you who enters your things without trying to help you.

6. Trust your intuition

Your intuition is important: sometimes we suspect a friend without really knowing why. We think he doesn't look like a good person, but not having objective data, we are not determined to limit the relationship.

If you have the feeling that a friend is not bringing you anything positive, do not be categorical in cutting the relationship, but be vigilant to confirm or deny that impression.

Many times, time will confirm what your intuition has told you.