How can I find good friends?

I know this questions is very vague but basically, the friends which I had in the past were not my real friends at all. They said many rude things to me to my face and behind my back, they did not respect me or my family and they were not there for me when I needed them. I have a few friends whom I can trust. How can you know for sure if someone is a good friend or not? Those girls I thought were my real friends, then 5 years later I learned otherwise.

How can I find good friends?
I think that is true with most people. Some of the people that were my friends, I would not give the time of day to now or just would not care to be around them. I think a close friend is someone you can just talk to on the phone for a half hour or so and not really expect anything out of each other. I think most people do not really have that many close friends. We think we do but we do not. I have aprox. 3 close girlfriends and probably 3 or 4 guys that I consider good friends where they would not feel surprised if I were to call them out of the blue. Then I have other friends that I enjoy being with and it is just that we only see each other 3 or 4 times a year.
Reply:It’s a horrible thing to say, but just watch your back. Even to my really good friends I watch what I say, because I don’t want it coming back to bite me in the butt. But if you want to see if you have good friends look at how they treat others or what they say about others behind their backs, because those are the same things they are probably saying about you. But overall use your gut intuition.
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Reply:you have to be a good friend to have one and if you find just one in your life you are very lucky
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