18 Signs You Have Fake Friends

Fake friends are more common than you think. If you have real friends, you are very lucky. Genuine friendships are critical to happiness. But fake friends can easily infiltrate genuine connections and make you feel bad. If you know fake people and they are trying to become your friend, watch out for these signs.

Sources:
 
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Chief Editor: Tristan Reed
Voice Over: Troy W. Hudson

[ishanaswonderland]

It's better to be alone than to be in bad company. Having no friends is better than having fake friends.

[Uksoapfan]

Never fear the enemy who attacks you but the fake friend who hugs you.

[izzylandyt]

“Real friendship is a two-way street” this is a crucial component. There has to be reciprocity. Any one-way relationship is bound to fail.

[bakayk]

The most dangerous person in the world is a fake friend

[alenaduplantier]

Real friends are very rare most people will use you that's the truth

[ives]

0:14 Superficial Knowledge
0:51 Hoping For Failure
1:21 Emotional Outlets
2:02 Sudden Exhaustion
2:35 Needless Favors
3:09 Emotional Distance
3:42 Unfriendly Competition
4:15 Cancelling Plans
4:43 Leveraging Mistakes
5:14 Betraying Your Trust
5:51 Empty Advice
6:28 Harsh Judgments
7:41 Social Selfishness
8:24 Creating Debt
9:05 Breaking Boundaries
9:32 Making Trouble
10:06 Offensive Comments

[diannakins]

To me one of the most important things is once you have distance from a fake friend, don’t allow them to come back into your life.

[DemetriT]

Yes, I agree. When my mom passed away 5 months ago, I learned who was real and who was fake fast.

[pelagic]

You're describing the relationship between narcissists and empathetic caring people. Narcissist always takes advantage of the latter.

[TeamHawaiiPromotions]

With so called friends like this, who needs enemies?! Smh

[pennysmith]

Excellent post. Definitely made me take an inventory of my life. I am 60 years old. I realized that I have never had a real friend. Now, I have no friends, by choice. Humans are complex and inherently supremely selfish.

[Mr.BigBadWolf]

I’m 40 and I’m still dealing with ppl like this. What I have learned is that friendly, kind, naïve oblivious people attract predators. These people can smell the vulnerability and it makes their mouth water that they can use you like a pet, or debit card or even worst tissue paper. And they hide it under the friendship clause. “Well I said all does bad things because I know we’re friends” or “it shouldn’t matter I treated you bad or stopped your opportunity and growth because we’re friends”

Be carful who you call friend. Even do a test, I had family member call friend asking for feed back pretending to be a job recruiter. She asked my friend 3 questions, 1 being do they feel I would make a good candidate for promotional corporate position. He said point blank No, and that he worked with me before and I was unreliable and my job performance was bad. I was floored. This guy knows I have wife, kids, mortgage etc and he knew I was hard worker and of all people he was someone I call friend but he tried to screw me over as soon as I tried to better myself.

I didn’t block him, I just started treating him the same way. And til this day I don’t consider him a friend. I got promotion and he’s been trying to work with me in my position. I told him he can start like everyone else and work his way up. He threw in the we are friends thing. And I told him “no I was always your friend you were never mines.

[aw]

This is the truth. I'd rather not have any friends than be put through this.

[GamingtheOtter]

I had two of the fakest friends in the 2010s once I started pushing them away I felt healthier about myself.

[nowmine]

Fake friends sound like the narcissistic personality

[SuperBlessedKing]

Throughout the most recent years, fake friends have been removed from my life, because my happiness and my peacefulness is the most important priority for myself to focus on, in the context of daily life. I’d rather be truly happy and peaceful than to be stressed by fake friends.

[TrinhNguyen-shfj]

Reminds me of some former friends I had. Glad I distanced myself from them.

[crazygrandma]

Exactly. They take up your time, but when you need them, they're unavailable for weeks.

[ElaineFoster]

Number 14 is my favorite: When someone talks on and on about themselves and never asks me about myself, I walk away. Been fooled by this type of person one too many times, but not anymore.

[JazzGaming]

The best way to avoid this is to have a pet for your friend. They will never be fake around you.