Honest friends - is it always a good thing?

[Li****]

Do you think it's important with honest friends, or is there a limit as to how honest friends should be with each other? 🤔  Some people think honesty is crucial and would want completely honest friends, and to be able to be fully honest with them in return. Others think that close friends should be backing you even if their honest opinion is not in line with yours. I sometimes feel like this "ride or die" mentality between friends can become problematic, where certain people see honesty as being unsupportive if it does not align with their actions or thoughts. What do you think? Do you want 100% honest friends even if it might hurt your feelings somehow, or do you think there is such a thing as overly honest friends, who end up being not truly supportive? 🤝 

[zy****]

It depends on the initiative and on the kind of friend.

I always had one very close friend and some other friends.

If some other friend is about to do something, I will not take initiative and tell him/her it's wrong unless it's really really wrong and puts people in serious danger.

But if a friend asks me for advice or for my opinion, I will answer honestly and I think, that's important. Because if someone asks me for my opinion, he/she wants my opinion and he/she doesn't want me to say what I think what he/she wants to hear.

If a very close friend (or in this case my girlfriend) is about to do something, I will be honest, no matter if she asks me or not, because she is very important to me and if she makes a bad decision, it affects me too.

[fi****]

Always. Real friends will dote on you like a proud parent. They will also offer constructive criticism to help you on your journey and will expect the same from you. The reciprocity of respect and honest is what makes the best friendships last forever.  

[Zr****]

Honest friend it’s too difficult to find someone who’s been here

[cl****]

Fact

[cl****]

That’s not true Zraj. Are you honest to yourself first?