> fictional or not it is a real phenomenon i've noticed where genuinely nice and caring people surround themselves with vapid people that don't really care about them at all. they do this because they are too naive and are unable to discern people's true character. this sort of happened to me, i was very close to 3/4 people for around 15 years, helped them with tons of stuff, got three of them jobs, let one of them sleep on my couch for 6 months because his step dad kicked him out etc. no situation ever came up where i needed some help in the 15 years until one day it did and none of them gave a single shit, did nothing to help. i stopped talking to all of them around 2016 and have genuinely had no friends since because i'm now capable of seeing through people easily there just isn't anyone worth being friends with. i wish i'd ditched them earlier because they were actively sabotaging me and i'm much better off.
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