Desire and Betrayal in Friendships

I'm reading a chapter in Everyday Courage called Desire and Betrayal in Friendships. I can relate to it because I look for trust, honesty, and loyalty in my friendships. If I trust a friend and they go behind my back, it kinda makes me not trust people or believe them.
    I read about Albert. He likes to stay at home and to be on the safe side. He doesn't like hanging out with people getting killed. He doesn't think that he has any friends because he "feels a close friend is going to be there for you and they'll support you and stuff like that". He had a friend once but he stole his stuff like tapes and his girlfriend. Now he has problems trusting and people being loyal to him.
     I also read about Marcus. Marcus doesn't really have the problems with friendship like Albert does, but he thinks they are a waste of time. He has allot of friends that he hangs out with. He once had a best friend for 8 years but he had to move to Florida. Now, he thinks they are a waste of time because they might end up having to leave.
  I can relate to both of them because like Albert I need trust and loyalty from a friendship. I can relate to Marus because it would be hard if one of your best friends all of a sudden left you one day. I would have trouble finding someone worth my time and effort to become best friends with.
   As I read about Marie, I relate to her but then I don't. Her best friend is her cousin. I am not so close with any of my family like that. Marie and her cousin never had "the first argument yet". Her cousin doesn't lie to her and she is real. I can relate to her because she is right about "sometimes people be like your best friend could be your worst friend because they know everything, you know". I have problems trusting my friends and sometimes that statement runs through my head. Can I trust you? Are you telling other people what i say? But I guess you just have to trust that they aren't untill you hear other wise.
     I also read about a girl named Sonia. She has friends but her best friend is her sister. They are open with each other. I don't have any siblings to be close with, so I kinda rely on school and social events to have friends. I once too use to think that I had so many best friends just like Sonia did, but it boiled down to the same thing.


 "Girls voiced many more fears about being in relationships with boys than boys voiced about being in relationships with girls."
I agree with this quote because some girls trust the guy they date then the boy would do something to break that trust. That's why girls are scared of getting involved with guys. Most boys I think feel like they can be themselves while they are with the right girl because around their guy friends they would have to act tough and rough around the edges.