Cheating Friends

Over the years there has been a general lowering of standards in ethical behavior. Many people today see nothing wrong, still less sinful, in what formerly was regarded as cheating, even as stealing. If grown-ups tend to be dishonest and steal and cheat, it is most probably because they learned to cheat and to be dishonest as youngsters, as children. Cheating was and is a regular accepted activity in many high schools and colleges nowadays. Cheating in school can, and usually does, lead to cheating in other situations, including friendship, dating, jobs, and sports.

When friendship is concerned, one might have heard the quote “A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.” True friends are hard to find nowadays and even harder to keep. With increase in the amount of corruption and disloyalty, it is hard to find the right person to trust and accept as a friend. With so many people believing in gossip and cheap plots, betrayal of friendship has become very common now. People are so self-absorbed these days that they do not tend to see whether the friends they have are trustworthy individuals or not. Worse are those people who betray true friends because of materialistic pleasures. Coping up with friends cheating is quite hard, more so if you have no fault of yours. But, life goes on and you make new friends. You push away your hurtful past and learn a valuable lesson from it.

When friends let you down and are not there for you when you need them the most, it is known as cheating or betrayal. But first of all, who would expect their friends to cheat on them? Not many as I would suspect, especially when this situation catches a lot of people off guard mainly because this has never happened to them before. Sometimes the reason why friends cheat on you is just not known. When you are at the receiving end, you feel hurt, confused, and angry. You demand answers as to why have you been betrayed for absolutely no fault of yours. The talks end abruptly, phone calls are not returned, mails, chat messages, or even SMSes remain unanswered and there is no contact whatsoever. Hate it as much as you want, you will have to come to terms with reality and accept that things were not meant to be. We are dealing with a situation that involves innocent friends getting cheated on by their friend of however many years that comes out and say’s our whole friendship was a lie.

Though it may seem like the end of the world, there are ways to cope up with it. If the friendship has been ended by you, then there has to be reason concrete enough to justify the action you have taken. There is no point in dragging along a friendship when you know you are not comfortable with it. However, on the other hand, if you have been at the receiving end and feel that you have been cheated or betrayed by your friend for no fault of yours, it can be very hurtful. Do not be embarrassed to cry and scream. You have been hurt and you have the right to vent out your frustration. Believe me, you will feel a lot better after you have cried your heart out. Seek out other friends, siblings, or your parents and talk to them, tell them you have been hurt and ask them for solace. Sometimes you will be surprised to see that help was just around the corner. All that you needed to do was ask.

One thing that should be remembered is that these betrayals are experiences that teach you valuable lessons in life. Do not be afraid to seek help and talk about it to others. Such betrayals should not stop you from trusting people and making new friends, but it does, it does leave a question about your ability in trusting people and making new friends, I mean, doesn’t it?

Solar Powered Blue Car Hitting the Streets in 2010

A new fully-electric vehicle with solar panels will be hitting the streets of Europe by the year 2010. Italian car designer Pininfarina and French battery manufacturer Bolloré have officially announced that the five door Blue Car hatchback is said to be now ready for production.



Previously unveiled at last year's Geneva Show, the Blue Car is a fully-electric vehicle that comes equipped with solar panels on the rooftop. The vehicle is 3.65 meters long, 1.6 meters high, and 1.72 meters wide, and features a 50kW electric motor that provides an acceleration of 0-60 mph in around 6 seconds and a top speed of 80 mph.

The solar panels on the vehicle’s roof provides some power to the vehicle’s systems. It comes with regenerative brakes and a Lithium Metal Polymer batteries, and has a range of 155 miles per charge. According to the manufacturer, all the materials in the construction have been sourced to be as environmentally friendly as possible. The Blue Car will be available in 2010, with full scale production of 60,000 units in the years to come.

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