Friendship can be good.
But only with distance,
and a basic level of decency.
“We’re friends, right?”
When someone says this out loud,
something is about to be asked of you.
With men, it’s more direct.
“We’re just friends. Don’t get the wrong idea.”
This line often comes
after they showed interest first,
right when you try to step back.
They make themselves comfortable
on the safety net of friendship.
And you’re left to clean up the emotional wreckage.
When I was on a cruise in the Caribbean,
I ran out of cigarettes.
A French man I had been talking to was also a smoker.
So I said,
“I’ll pay you. Can I have one?”
He shook his head.
“No money. That’s amitié.”
There was no pressure in it.
No debt.
He gave what was needed, and that was it.
People who don’t use friendship
don’t turn it into currency.
“We’re friends.”
“We’re close, aren’t we?”
People who say this a lot
usually give nothing.
Time.
Energy.
Responsibility.
In the end, you’re the one stuck with the bill.
Most of the time, they have nothing.
No money.
No courage.
No ability to leave a relationship properly.
So they treat friendship as an asset.
An invisible one.
And cling to it,
because it’s the only thing they have.
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