I heard on the radio once about 10 types of friends that a woman can have. I personally don't believe that I have 10 friends to put them in these categories. They are:
The Leader
The Doormat
The Sacrificer
The Misey Lover
The User
The Frenemy
The Trophy Friend
The Mirror Friend
The Sharer and
The Authentic Friend
Here I want to discuss the Misery Lover friend. This friend loves to hear about your drama, becomes the "best" friend when a crisis hits, but isn't very interested in your life when everything is going swimmingly.
I don't believe I can identify this friend in my life, but I unfortunately can identify this friend in other circles. I don't really care for a lot of drama. I prefer a quiet happy-go-lucky life. So I hate to see someone try and dwell off of someone else's life like that.
Drama happens in all our lives, whether we like it or not. But a friend that likes our drama, though they may seem as if they are a great ear to hear our problems, they secretly want our drama to continue. Why? Are their lives so devoid of drama that they need ours in order to feel that life isn't boring? I can't answer that, but I sure hope not. I only wish that friends, all types, where willing to help, instead of make the issue worse, and possibly cause wrong decisions to be made.
Drama seems to be a human thing. God doesn't make drama in our lives, we cause it. It started at the fall. If we weren't so bent on getting our way, then we could have lived a life drama free. I look forward to the day that we might once again have our lives focus only on the most important Thing.
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