[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by crocs

The thing I like about Dan is the fact that he can say negatives stuff about his friends as well. I would trust that kind of person when they would say something negative about me. I don't think it always friend job to sugarcoat things.And Hazel, Hazel, Hazel, I've been thinking why I don't like Hazel that much. The obvious thing is how she acted with Daly, but it's not that, even before that I didn't like her that much. I mean, if some of the things she says were just written on a page, they'd sound alright, but something extra comes in when she lets it out of her mouth. Usually the Irish people get away with murder, so to speak, with me because of the accent but not Hazel. And then I pinned the reason into her expression and especially her eyes. Her facial expression doesn't change that much. She always look a bit, almost like challenging, her head is not totally upright but she always looks like from under her brows, I don't know the word for it. And her eyes are cold and piercing. That makes me never to trust her.

By the way, I worked in tourism with the Irish, and it is strange that usually they are able to say even negative stuff and people just laughed and thought it was a light-hearted joke whereas if I had said the same thing, people would have been appalled and thought I was rude. I always said it to tourists that they should not let the Irish get away that easy.

Absolutely, I do that with my friends, sometimes they don't like it but mostly end up appreciating I said it.
They will do so to me as well and that is exactly the kind of friends I would want.
They are your friends because of you,with your good and not so good side, and while building you up, will if the need arises pull you up about things too.
They are people I trust completely and really feel I can too.