How do you know who your friends are?

Hey guys,
Kay, let me ask you a question before I get on with my blog post. What do you want your friends for? Do you want to confide in them, tell them all your secrets, or do you just want them to be by your side, entertain you, cheer you up when you are down? Ask yourself that, and yes, this is rather important in this blog post in case you thought I was random yeah.
Indeed, it is rather difficult nowadays to determine whether your "friends" around you are actually real friends out there to help you. There are just so many sinister people out there harbouring evil thoughts, that it no longer is a surprise when you realise that your best friend has betrayed you. That is, of course, rather saddening. It is no longer easy to confide in someone for fear will overwhelm you when you do. Of course, naturally, we would have a few friends that we would know are loyal to us, friends who will not betray us, will not backstab us. However, that kind of trust will take a period of time to build up, and will never be immediate.
I am not sure about you guys, but when you were chatting happily with your friends, have you ever got this strange feeling that someone, just someone, among this group of friends might not be a trustworthy one? It is never proven unless something happens, but this is prove again how much different people are nowadays. In the past, it was much easier to trust people, when people then were less greedy, less self-scented. Just imagine you are a successful business man, how do you know your subordinates aren't out to steal your company's secrets, out to assasinate you? How do you know your friends, jealous of your wealth, are not plotting one of the biggest robberies in history?
For us students, the situation is not so blown-up. However, it is the same concept. Therefore, I just try to make as much friends as I can, but at the end of the day, only a few really know me well, know my troubles and so on. Of course, these friends are the friends that I have known for a long time, since my primary school days or even longer. Nothing wrong with making friends, don't get me wrong, but you should give yourself a period of time before finally deciding whether your dear little friend is actually a friend that you can trust.
Yawn, just imagine how much easier this blog post would have been in the older days:( Lol
Anyway,
Bye