Honesty, loyalty, compassion, and fairness are all examples of qualities people look for when choosing friends. The look for these qualities in order to sort 'real' friends from those considered acquaintances. But what is one deems another a 'friend', and their choice proves itself to have been faulty? People should never allow a friend to remain a friend if the are not trustworthy, dependable, or if they are manipulative. True friends are never, or should never be, thught of as untrustworthy. for example, if one loans a friend money, for any reason, the money should be returned in a timely fashion. Accepting excuses only allows the mistreatment of the bond to continue,