If you take pleasure in celebrating my errors more than my excellence, you are not a friend.
If you delight in talking down on me and you never get to talk about my good qualities, you are not a friend.
If you see me on the road to hell and you secretly wish that I go through it to the end, you are not a friend.
If you rejoice when I am sad and you are unhappy when I succeed, you are not a friend.
If you paint me well in my face and you stab me at my back, you are not a friend.
If my joy makes you sad and my cry makes you smile, you are not a friend.
If you believe when they tell you I am bad and you doubt when they say I am good, you are not a friend.
If you love me when I see you and you hate me when I don’t see you, you are not a friend.
If you stay close when the weather is fair, but you run away when I’m in a storm, you are not a friend.
If you say ‘cheers’ in my face and you say ‘jeers’ at my back, you are not a friend.
If you call me when you need me and you don’t answer when I call you, you are not a friend.
If you wish that I fall so that I cannot rise above you, you are not a friend.
If you hate to love me or love to hate me you are not a friend.
If you always tell me sweet lies instead of the bitter truth, you are not a friend.
If you see nothing good in me and neither think greatness of me, you are not a friend.
If you see me take poison and you urge me on with pleasure, you are not a friend.
If you vilify me in order to make you appear a hero, you are not a friend.
If you lie against me to make you look good, you are not a friend.
If you share in all my secrets, but you never share any of yours with me, you are not a friend.
If you think ill of me and never wishes me well, you are not a friend.
Someone is not your friend, if ……?
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