Friendship and Being Yourself...

I was sitting in my house watching, "Bride Wars" (very cute movie by the way) and a question popped in my head.  If you can't really be your true self around your friends, are you really meant to be friends? 

Being women we tend to be very loyal to the ones that we love and care about and sometimes we hold on to friendships even though we don't feel comfortable in them.  It can be very hard to break away from old friendships as those are the friends that you have known the longest but if it stops you from being you, should you just let it go? 

For instance, you may have a very judgemental friend who has something to say about everything and everyone and of course they will expect you to agree.  If you choose not to agree they look at you like your crazy and get back to their point.  On the other hand you may be the type of person who says everyone is their own person and if they are happy being who they are and doing what they do then that's all that matters. 

There will be friends who don't like some of things you do, the way you dress, what you do for a living, etc and they will try to change you.  I ask myself, is this being a true friend, is this healthy, are they trying to change you just for their happiness?  Voicing an opinion to a friend is fine, especially if you truly care about them but if you're telling them to completely change who they are who is benefiting you or them?  If you change them to your liking, yes you are happy but has anyone stopped to think, is my friend happy?

My point here ladies is, if you are in a friendship that is causing you not to be true to who you are and turning you into someone you don't want to be then maybe it's time to break away.  You can't be a true friend to someone if you're not first true to yourself.

Stay Fab!