Steph, one of the newer Roundtablers at her blog Incurable Insomniac is up this week and she talks about how she is being treated by people who know her now that she has become somewhat famous with her movie Mozartballs. That would be a nice situation to be in, but it makes you think who your friends really are. Before the days of mobile phones and cheap phone plans, I used to say I knew who my friends were because they were the ones that would pay to call me long distance. Now I'm not so sure. I still haven't come up with a new metric for that one. But I better hurry in case I become famous too.
+ Atul
I feel like I would have to thing again who my real friends are if I became famous. If old friends that I have not talked to in years contacted me I do think I would trust them.
Alex B
Posted by: Alex B | November 01, 2012 at 10:45 AM
I would honestly keep my freinds who have been around for the longest time. Any friends that I make after I become famous would be because they are looking for free bees, money, or just to say that they know you so your "new friends" can get into places, night clubs, that they could not get into before.
Posted by: Josh Turek | November 02, 2012 at 12:34 PM
When I become famous, I would keep only my friends that knew me before I got famous. I would be very careful of those that I met after I become famous because they may not be my friend for the right reasons. People will treat me like I'm famous, and it would be up to me to control all of the influences and be careful as to who I allow into my life.
Posted by: Brett Ramirez | November 03, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Alex,
Yes, you would definitely have to reconsider or reassess your friendships. It is about how people treat you when you can't do anything special for them. If they treat you differently when you can, then they probably aren't good friends.
Atul
Posted by: UH2L | November 04, 2012 at 09:58 PM