Knockoff purses

Purses.

Something used everyday by millions of girls.
"knock off purse" is an immitation of a designer purse.
There is a girl in one of my classes who always talks about how awful knock-off's are and it made me stop to think a little bit.


What if you think about friendships in terms of purses.
At first glance, the knock-off looks perfect, but slowly it starts to fall apart because it is made of lower quality materials.
Many friendships are build upon "bad material" such as a common dislike for someone else, partying, and other bad things. Once you take away making fun of that other person, or the drinking, there is nothing left of the relationships. It slowly falls apart.


On the other hand, those designer purses are very expensive, but they are also less likly to fall apart because they are high quality.
Friendships like these take much more effort to make because you are buliding a relationships on ideas, activities and other interests. These relationships are built with "high quality material" and are more likely to last. This does not mean that it is perfect and unable to fall apart, it is just less likely.



My point: When it comes to your relationships, go designer. Take the extra time and effort to find friends that