>Well I never had the opportunity to meet that friend. So you didn't meet a single person throughout your entire life, who was worth befriending, putting extra

>Well I never had the opportunity to meet that friend. So you didn't meet a single person throughout your entire life, who was worth befriending, putting extra effort to help them, and occassionally receiving help in return? >But why would they do the exact opposite of what the OP did? Well, for example. There are lots of nerd kids with perspective to succeed in professional life but are "usual" targets of bullies in childhood. Some kids step-up for bullied kids because that's the right thing to do, other kids join the bullies as it gave them fake feeling of power.