Pros/Cons of adding "Friends"

Shirley61

I love this site. I have one real life friend and only cyber friends.
They are so supportive and give me advice if i need it.
You will love this site too. Good luck with your journey:flowerforyou:

mandeiko

My MFP friends have been more supportive than a lot of my real friends. They understand what I'm doin here, so they act as my backbone. So absolutely cyber friends!!

baisleac

Personal choice. Some of my best friends were cyber-friends first, RL friends later.

UnderCoverShyGirl

I struggle with this too. I like having MFP friends if we share some interests, even if it is our weight or goals, or issues...though sometimes i feel like there are so many posts that i can't keep up and am not sure whether i need to respond or not, and well, i want the person as a mfp friend because they are great and super motivating, but posts that take my whole page and challenges and things i just don't know what to do with LOL. I'm sure i must be able to hide posts....gah...okay, so obviously there is a "con" for me in that i haven't figured it out!

juleseybaby

PRO - Great support group!

CON - My personality makes it difficult for me to NOT take it personally when someone removes me as a friend for no apparent reason. However - after a coupla times (here and in real life)... I have determined that it was their decision to make - and they just don't know what they're missin'! I am a friend worth having.

dk_runs

PRO - Great support group!

CON - My personality makes it difficult for me to NOT take it personally when someone removes me as a friend for no apparent reason. However - after a coupla times (here and in real life)... I have determined that it was their decision to make - and they just don't know what they're missin'! I am a friend worth having.

Yes you are...I am glad to have you as one of mine :happy:

aprilshowers13

Pro: Great support system. And depending on who you get, entertainment!! I have one RL friend on here and the rest are cyber friends.

Cons: You don't always know that persons personality until you add them as a "friend". I used to wonder why people were so exclusive with who they add. A while back I had to delete a few people because they had "issues" that they brought up daily. Issues being poor body image, daily weight flucuation freakouts, overeating but whinning about not losing weight, severely undereating.

27strange

I don't personally know a single person on here (that I know of). I have approximately 100 friends, all cyber friends. My friends encourage me, support me, motivate me, and I hope through positive attitude that I am able to do the same for them. I love the accountability of having MFP buddies even though I really don't know them other than what they share on the site. I enjoy spending time not just logging calories in and out, but commenting on friends statuses, participating in the forums. I have learned so much here and have had great success so far. Thank you to all my MFP buddies!!!

If you are looking for a friend that loves life, maintains a positive attidue, loves to burn calories like crazy, enjoys supporting/encouraging/motivating his friends, and tries to eat healthy.... then send me a quick message and add me as a friend.

tomomatic

I understand the need for fences. I don't like sharing my weight with people that I see on a regular basis. Even when they don't mean to insult, there's that possibility that they might say something like "Dude, you don't look a pound over ABC pounds!" Or "Dude, I told so-and-so how much you weighed and ....." This is one part of my life that I'd like to keep in a nice little box. Quite frankly, my friends (and myself) can be complete tools sometimes.

I'm definitely not against friends on here but I'd have know them pretty well and they'd have to have pretty similar goals. Quite frankly, I wouldn't mind making some new real life friends here, either.

For now, I'm content with the support that I get here from cyber friends that have similar goals and journeys.