Family memers can be selfish at most of the time, but friends, if they are really true friends, can never be selfish. Sometimes, family members may restrain from supporting you in trouble times, but a true friend would always support you. But, on the other hand, if you are responsible for the maintenance of the family, you have to support the family at any cost, even if they are selfish and unsupportive towards you.
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PS Dhingra, CEO & Vigilance & Transformation Management Consultant, Dhingra Group of Management & Educational Consultants
| 03 03 2011 10:02:20 +0000
The only reason i am supporting friends is because it has got lesser votes. Actually you need both in different phases of your life. There are some things that can be discussed only with friends and not family, vice versa. Also the comfort factor with each of them is different depending on the problem you are facing. Either way one needs both in equal proportions to lead a healthy and balanced life.
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Jaygopal Raghavan, Marketing Manager, Landmark Group
| 12 13 2010 13:31:55 +0000
Asking a person to decide between these two is like asking him / her to decide which is more important , the eyes or the ears ; to an artist , his eyes may be more important , but to a musician ( with exceptions like Beethoven ! ) , his ears may be more important.
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K. NARAYAN, None, None
| 12 04 2010 09:11:04 +0000
We cannot directly compare an apple with a lemon. If you see this as case to case basis, a person got a good family and not able to secure so good friends, the family is an apple to him and vice versa. Anywhere, whether it is a family or it is in the friends circle, both are having equal importance.
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Vijaya Kumar Subb Rao, SAP Consultant, Infiniti consulting
| 12 01 2010 04:44:37 +0000
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I think on the face value family must be given more importance...but if you are brought up in an environment where your family cannot support you much or in the rarest case isolate you from them, probably your friends can then take over from them...but if you are in a comfy/ tolerable zone, then your family must be given importance because they have given their all to bring you up to your current state...friends may then value you for what value you bring to them in their lives...as individuals, we are the best to decide whos imp. to us given the environment we are in...because life must go on...
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Saibal Ray, Sr. Process Engineer, KPIT Cummins Infosystems
| 12 04 2010 08:33:17 +0000
FAMILY IS OFFCOURSE MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE FAMILY CAN NOT BE SEPERATED FROM US. EXCEPT THIS IT DEPENDS OVER CIRCUMTANCES IF YOUR FRIEND IS IN TROUBLE HE IS IMPORTANT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME AND THIS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR FAMILY ALSO.
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rakeshbhatnagar , GM Projects., wig brothers india pvt.ltd.
| 12 03 2010 18:32:49 +0000
Good friends become one in the family.You can not specifically say this or that it also depends upon individuals and situations.
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s.baalu , Consultant, XYZ LTD
| 12 01 2010 06:15:13 +0000
Yes Sameer I am in agreement with your point of view. At the same time the childhood friends are one who are equally trustworthy.
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Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant
| 12 01 2010 04:46:42 +0000
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