At first, they try to shower love on you. They pretend to be nice and kind towards you, but deep down there, they desire no good for you. Not all friends are bad, but there are few hypocrite and pretenders among them. They are the ones that become sad when you do things better than they do. They are the ones that feel sad for no concrete reason when they hear you did something they couldn’t do.
They are the ones that swiftly, but only, give you a call when they heard you did something great and remarkable. Be careful because they didn’t call to celebrate with you. They did just to confirm if the news they heard was true or not. They get sick when they heard you did something they know they wouldn’t achieve in their life time,
but they get excited when they heard something bad happen to you.

You need not to be perturbed and daunted by their attitude. You don’t need to hate them, neither do you need to snub, scorn nor discard them. The most important thing is for you to be sensitive enough to detect them among your...read more on http://ishopealive..com.ng/2015/12/topic-27-they-pretend-to-be-friends-but.html

The gist now should be how do you know them

xpac01:
The gist now should be how do you know them

You don't need to search for them. Those closest to you are your worst enemies.

oglalasioux:

You don't need to search for them. Those closest to you are your worst enemies.

They can be, but be wise in your choosing of a good friend or group of good friends. @OP thanks for the great advice

had the worst experience recently. fake people acting like they want u to succeed not knowing that they are only comfortable with you falling and always begging and helpless. i am happy i found out early enough to bounce before they messed up my thinking. at the moment no rat's poo given.

F22RAPTOR:
had the worst experience recently. fake people acting like they want u to succeed not knowing that they are only comfortable with you falling and always begging and helpless. i am happy i found out early enough to bounce before they messed up my thinking. at the moment no rat's poo given.

I'm happy that you did not get fooled by their fakeness. Evil people are a plague to society worlds wide.

It's also not good to share future plans and aspirations with everybody. Keep important things to yourself.