True Friends Stand the Test of Time

What happens when life's hardships reveal who's really standing in your corner? Today I'm diving deep into the nature of true friendship and how profound loss taught me to distinguish genuine connections from superficial ones.

After losing my parents, the silence from certain "friends" spoke volumes. No condolences, no check-ins, nothing. This painful experience became a powerful filter, clarifying who deserved a place in my life moving forward. When I began distancing myself from these fair-weather friends, their reactions—backlash, gossip, and shade—only confirmed what I already knew: they were never truly there for me.

Contrast this with the relationships that have sustained me for decades. My best friend Tree has been by my side for 30 years. My colleague Win has shown up consistently through life's darkest moments. These connections share something profound—mutual commitment that withstands any challenge. As I tell my listeners: never sacrifice these precious, genuine friendships for temporary people who won't be there when it matters.

I'm also excited to announce we'll soon release Part 2 of a military story that stirred significant controversy. Despite attempts to silence this narrative, we're committed to bringing you the full story. Additionally, our upcoming episode on domestic violence awareness aims to shed light on another crucial issue affecting many lives.

Got a story you're burning to share? Something weighing on your mind? Reach out to dkandtreepodcast@yahoo.com—this platform belongs to all of us, and your voice matters here.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Friendship Discussion
• 1:03 Learning Who's Real Through Loss
• 2:27 Military Story Follow-up Preview
• 5:20 Upcoming Shows and Closing Thoughts

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:10

Good morning, good morning, good morning. Where is everyone at? How is everyone doing? I hope everybody is enjoying this Wednesday just like I am. It is your boy, damon, and I'm here with the DK and Tree podcast.

Speaker 1: 0:27

You know I always like to come on and like talk about things, things on my mind. I like to talk about it, I come share with the family. So this is what I want to talk about friendships. Friendships, it's a big one, because not everyone can have the title of being called a friend and when you go through different things and different things in your life, you find out people who there for you generally and then you find out people who was just there, just to be there, and they really wasn't your friends. And I like to share like a couple of things like this.

Speaker 1: 1:03

So death of my parents, you know, it really opened my eyes of who was really there in my life and who was in my corner and people that really wasn't there. It was just there just to be there. You know they didn't send a condolences. They didn't send not a thank you, not a hello. Are you okay? Do you need anything? Nothing. So you know that showed me who was really in my corner. That showed me the people that was there, that was just generally there, truly there for you. And then you just have to differentiate and you have to separate that stuff. So then when you get through that and then when you start distancing yourself away from those fake people, then they have a problem with you and me. I've always been a person like this. I'll give a damn what you think about me, how you feel about me. Only person I'm worried about is myself and my okay and my wellbeing. And you know, I just when, when I went through that whole thing and I really started seeing who was there, who wasn't there, who stuck by me, who wasn't, uh, just generally a friend, I cut people off. And then when you start cutting people off, that's when they start having a problem. They have a problem with you, they have a problem with anything that you stand for. Then they start hating on you, throwing shade, they start talking bad about you. It's a total mess.

Speaker 1: 2:32

But, like I said, the people that's in my circle, they know who's in my circle. It's just like my bestie Tree. We've gone on 30 years, always been there for me. My boy, win, one of my co-workers, you know they all have been there with me through thick and thin and what I can say is is that they ride with me. But you see, when you get people like that that ride with you, then it comes association with jealousy because people envious of the relationship that you had, they think you got something more going on and it's just a big problem for everybody. So, again, people that's in my circle, I've been hanging with them for 20 plus years 20 plus years not counting on one hand, because they done rode with me, just like I rode with them. We are there for each other through thick and thin. So you know, if you have someone that you can truly call a friend, don't mess their relationships up for anybody, because they're the ones that's going to be there through thick and thin and always be with you, no matter what. Again, just wanted to touch on that for a second.

Speaker 1: 3:47

And the second story I'm going to touch on here is I did a military story a while ago, back a while ago, and it gained a lot of steam and I think I ruffled some feathers a little bit because I got a message from somebody and I reached back out to the person, but the person didn't reach back out to me because I was like, hey, if you got a problem with this story, come share your side of the story, because you seem to seem to have some personal knowledge of this. So that person is going to share a part to to their story. And if you didn't listen to it, it's the carriage on the fire story that I did a while ago. Any social media platform or any platform, you get a podcast if you go and just research and just listen to the story. But I talked to the person and they've been giving me updates on everything that has been going on, even up to the point they're trying to hold up the person's promotion then number one on the list, I tell you, demonization at its best.

Speaker 1: 4:50

But we're going to do a part two to that story. It's a lot of parts to it, but we're breaking it down so we can get this story out there to say, hey, this is not okay. It's not okay what you're doing and the simple fact that we all know what this is about. We know what it's about and if you just listen to it and read in between the lines, you already know what it's about. So I'm excited to get part two of that story out. I think it's been like over a year. But, yeah, the person is going to have some free time, they're going to call in and we're just going to get this story on and popping. But yeah, the person is going to have some free time, they're going to call in and we're just going to get this story on and popping. But, yeah, and I'm still trying to get awareness out there for the domestic violence stuff. I still got that show that's going to come up too. Like I said, me and the person's schedule has been conflicting, but we're going to get that show out there also.

Speaker 1: 5:40

And, like I said, I love to come on here. I love to chit chat with each and every last one of you. Listen, this is what I tell you. If you have any stories that you want to share, any, reach out to me. Dkandtreepodcast at yahoocom. Reach out to me and we'll set something up. We'll get a story out there. If there's anything that you would like to share, talk about. I don't mind talking. That's why I love coming on here doing this. But listen, like I tell anybody, hey, keep your head up. You stay strong. We getting this together. This is our platform, this is our show. So, again, reach out to me. If you got anything you want to talk about, anything that's on your mind and trust me, I don't mind coming on here to share it. That's my two cent. I'm about to go ahead and sign off in here Again. Reach out to me. Dkandtreepodcast at yahoocom. I will get up with you all later.