This could involve many aspects of the friendship/relationship, like keeping secrets, cheating, stealing boyfriends or girlfriends, gossiping, not meeting your promises when your friend has met theirs, you're suppose to meet them somewhere and you never show up, etc.
A. Yes, I am guilty, I am not the most reliable and loyal friend but I try my best
B. Yes, I am a very reliable and loyal friend to those that I respect and are my true friends. You can always count on me to be there for you when you need me!
C. I have too many personal problems to be a loyal and reliable friend to anyone, I wish things were different
D. Yes, I have had friends since elementary school that we are still loyal to one another as BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!
E. OTHER, see my comments below, or just open the "Loyal Friend" survey
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Are you loyal to a fault, or do you sometimes fail on your side of the ledger in a friendship or relationship?
I will be loyal to a person that is dear to me and my friendship is unconditional. It takes a long time for me to give my friendship but once I have weighed the pros and cons and I have made up my mind, then it would take something extraordinary to sever it.
Not only do I (try to) keep my promises but when I make arrangements for a given time, even the best Swiss watch is unreliable compared to me. I hate to be late but I dislike to be too early too.
I have one word (okay perhaps two) and when I promise something I do everything I can to keep that word.
But I am far from being perfect. That would be too nice. I do not trust people because I have been betrayed once by a very good friend and since then, I consequently never divulge any confidential information or "my little secrets". Those are locked away for good. I try not to be involved in anybody's secrets because I perceive them as a burden more than an honor.
Keeping each other's secrets is paramount in a relationship. I would never tell anyone I know that my boyfriend frequently has premature ejaculation, because that's something that happens between us and as far as I'm concerned is no big deal at all. Similarly, I'm sure that he doesn't tell his friends or colleagues that I wet the bed. Our relationship is based on trust and we're in it together as a partnership and what goes on within the relationship is based on absolute trust.
I am loyal until someone proves that they aren't someone I should or want to hang out around. I can kind of be an absent friend but if somwone needs someone to talk to I will always try to respond as soon as I am able to. I am always up for hanging out too. Just don't wxpect me to call or text you all the time cus Im not the kind of person who constantly check there phobe or want to be on my phone.
I'm incredibly loyal and love to help people and spend time with them but I'm really not good at reaching out or keeping contact. If they're willing to get the ball rolling I'm happy to always be there.
I place a very high value on loyalty but I'm not sure what it means to be "loyal to a fault". I forgive quickly and a sincere apology means instant, complete forgiveness. I will also readily admit when I've been wrong and go out of my way to apologize. But loyalty cuts both ways. I've written people off for knowingly harming or disrespecting me. I don't tell such people that we are no longer friends, but I no longer respect them or consider them friends.
True friendship requires trust. I can't abide liars or backstabbers. True friends can confide in each other. They know you well enough to accept your faults and to understand when you make a mistake.
I don't believe in such a thing as being loyal to a "fault" (unless we favor very poor company, of course, like "fool me once..."). Maybe that makes me loyal to a fault. :-D
With that said, I'm not the type eager to volunteer for everything. I don't make promises often, for example, since I believe so strongly against breaking them.
If my friends ask me to make a promise to do something without telling me what it is, I'm the type that will refuse until they tell me what it is. :-D
My loyalty is somewhat conditional this way. I won't follow my friends if they want to drive off a cliff, for example. I'm stubbornly independent. Yet if I give my word to do something, I firmly believe against breaking it.
I think true loyalty is conditional anyway, not blind. A friend who just agrees to everything seems more like a servant to me than an ally. I value a degree of independence.
I had to think about this a bit more. My thoughts were a bit messy here. Maybe I'm not "loyal to a fault" exactly. I was thinking the epitome of loyalty is that of the servant who kills himself for his master's pleasure. Perhaps that's "loyal to a fault". I tend to think that shows an absence of a will, however, and is a "blind" kind of loyalty.
Then I think there's another kind, perhaps "allegience", like that of one who refuses to even obey a king when he disagrees, but still maintains his allegiance, and never goes against his word, but refuses to give an oath to do anything the king commands since he has his own independent path and values. I believe in this second kind and conform to it. It's the loyalty of an equal rather than a servant.
I'm definitely not "loyal to a fault", but of all the people who say "you can tell me anything", you really can with me, and it goes nowhere but straight into the vault.
I believe I am a loyal friend. I have helped women with many problems, fixing things around their home, taken them to Dr’s appointments, to pick up their cars when in the shop. They know all they have to do is text or call them and I will help.
So I try to be as loyal a possible for the majority of my friends but I can't always be there cauz I am at least half a year abroad every year for work.
Both of my closest friends I've known for over 10 years and trust is well earned by all. It would take some pretty drastic blackmail to turn me against them.
Very loyal. If my friends need me, I will do whatever I can to help. ... Except give money that I know I won't get back. I've already been screwed over by people I thought were friends with that.
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