Why are friends here like this ?

i know, i'm not a trouble guy.. i appreciate ur help people

However I try not to blame them and simply accept their excuses. It makes life a lot easier. and besides lets face it for many life here in the ME is very fast paced, busy and unpredictable. I have many friends calling me over but I'm unable to accept their invites simply cos my husband is truly very busy working long hours. And then in the weekend we just don't feel like socializing preferring to chill at home after such long weeks! hence I understand the whole "I'm busy" bit...Best not to let it affect you too much. Inshallah just be sincere to your word.

“Truly great friends are hard to find":-j

i believe that if anyone does something like this then that person is unfit to be called a friend. i would not be with anyone who would treat me this way. and i would never call them a friend.

By the way, are you referring to one specific gender by any chance or people of both genders?

In some cultures, it is rude to turn down someone who just invited you for a meeting. However they seemingly forgot the part about it being rude not to show up.

Thanks for all the replies people Qhris, Asif Khan , and wearthyform helped

britexpat....there could be reasons which couldnt be spelled out at times, but I consider myself guilty of not having informed too, very much unlike me....but it happened...so just wanted to take it off my chest...:(

friends.. no tht doesnt suite for those ppl.... just b urself.. n say "Who Cares"

Why would you arrange to meet someone and not turn up ?

I am myself guilty of that...:(

'Great friends'? Firstly, they're not even friends!

Secondly, people like this, whoever they are, are certainly not worth your time.

true indeed even if we find them in some social network sites they will be friends on the web not in real world its hard to find a friend in real world then having frends on the web

they r not ur real friends ... they r just another "friend " who use u till max and throw ur garbage bag .... better be safe b4 u get hurt ... they dont deserve any friendship ! they dont have the balls to admit their mistakes or call and apologize !

If they are doing this to you, then they're not real friends :O(

"meet great friends here, we never hang out ..".:):)

so how do you call them "friends"? If they do such things to you without any explanations, they do not consider you their friend, and don't even care about you..and you are talking only about hanging out! what if one day you needed their HELP, and you rely on them, thinking that they are your friends, and they give you a cold shoulder instead?

don't call them "my great friends", because they are obviously not your friends...

r u popular guy???

ask urself this question

Man... hone we are bi bled el gherbeh so there are no real friends.... khalas tannesh... you may be able to find real friends bas not that much...killon masla7jiyeh max... 3a kil 7al all the best w choose your freinds w la ejrak yale ma byejeh.... you dont need such .... :)

must be arabs

Honestly i feel you don`t need these kind of people in your life they don`t deserve being with you.i had a friend who used to say i will visit you at such a time ,so i stay home i prepare some snacks and wait for her ,time pass and she never called to postopne the visit or cancel it or even appologise later on for not dropping by .it`s rude and irresponsible. i tried to find time for her and she doesn`t deserve it.now i don`t give a damn second to even think about her .if she finds me home or no it doesn`t matter for me as well.

I hope you get some good quality people who has manners and share ssame interstes as yours,good luck.

I know.

I don't mind people being fashionably late (and by that I mean I hope other people don't mind, because I just cannot turn up on time, no matter how hard I try), but when i DO get there I give 1000% burning inferno of enthusiasm and attention and i DO turn up.

I can't understand the weasels who say 'Yes, yes yes yes' to all the offers, until the very last minute.

If you don't want to go, say so.

The falling off the face of the earth thing makes me laugh.

But Keidoupe, if you are confident like me, you just LOVE the bumping into them the next day or a week later, and watching them squirm for excuses why they didn't call :-)

Try them telling, this time you will pay for the trip...