True Friends Stand the Test of Time

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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 [e-mail]—this platform belongs to all of us, and your voice matters here.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good morning, good morning, good morning.
Where is everyone at?
How is everyone doing?
I hope everybody is enjoyingthis Wednesday just like I am.
It is your boy, damon, and I'mhere with the DK and Tree
podcast.
You know I always like to comeon and like talk about things,
things on my mind.

(00:31):
I like to talk about it, I comeshare with the family.
So this is what I want to talkabout friendships.
Friendships, it's a big one,because not everyone can have
the title of being called afriend and when you go through
different things and differentthings in your life, you find

(00:52):
out people who there for yougenerally and then you find out
people who was just there, justto be there, and they really
wasn't your friends.
And I like to share like acouple of things like this.
So death of my parents, you know, it really opened my eyes of
who was really there in my lifeand who was in my corner and

(01:13):
people that really wasn't there.
It was just there just to bethere.
You know they didn't send acondolences.
They didn't send not a thankyou, not a hello.
Are you okay?
Do you need anything?
Nothing.
So you know that showed me whowas really in my corner.
That showed me the people thatwas there, that was just

(01:35):
generally there, truly there foryou.
And then you just have todifferentiate and you have to
separate that stuff.
So then when you get throughthat and then when you start
distancing yourself away fromthose fake people, then they
have a problem with you and me.
I've always been a person likethis.
I'll give a damn what you thinkabout me, how you feel about me

(01:57):
.
Only person I'm worried aboutis myself and my okay and my
wellbeing.
And you know, I just when, whenI went through that whole thing
and I really started seeing whowas 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 cuttingpeople off, that's when they

(02:18):
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.
But, like I said, the peoplethat's in my circle, they know
who's in my circle.
It's just like my bestie Tree.

(02:41):
We've gone on 30 years, alwaysbeen there for me.
My boy, win, one of myco-workers, you know they all
have been there with me throughthick and thin and what I can
say is is that they ride with me.
But you see, when you getpeople like that that ride with
you, then it comes associationwith jealousy because people

(03:04):
envious of the relationship thatyou had, they think you got
something more going on and it'sjust a big problem for
everybody.
So, again, people that's in mycircle, I've been hanging with
them for 20 plus years 20 plusyears not counting on one hand,
because they done rode with me,just like I rode with them.

(03:25):
We are there for each otherthrough thick and thin.
So you know, if you havesomeone that you can truly call
a friend, don't mess theirrelationships up for anybody,
because they're the ones that'sgoing to be there through thick
and thin and always be with you,no matter what.
Again, just wanted to touch onthat for a second.

(03:47):
And the second story I'm goingto touch on here is I did a
military story a while ago, backa while ago, and it gained a
lot of steam and I think Iruffled some feathers a little
bit because I got a message fromsomebody and I reached back out
to the person, but the persondidn't reach back out to me
because I was like, hey, if yougot a problem with this story,

(04:09):
come share your side of thestory, because you seem to seem
to have some personal knowledgeof this.
So that person is going toshare 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 orany platform, you get a podcast

(04:30):
if you go and just research andjust listen to the story.
But I talked to the person andthey've been giving me updates
on everything that has beengoing on, even up to the point
they're trying to hold up theperson's promotion then number
one on the list, I tell you,demonization at its best.
But we're going to do a part twoto that story.

(04:52):
It's a lot of parts to it, butwe'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 doingand the simple fact that we all
know what this is about.
We know what it's about and ifyou just listen to it and read
in between the lines, youalready know what it's about.

(05:12):
So I'm excited to get part twoof that story out.
I think it's been like over ayear.
But, yeah, the person is goingto have some free time, they're
going to call in and we're justgoing to get this story on and
popping.
But yeah, the person is goingto have some free time, they're
going to call in and we're justgoing to get this story on and
popping.
But, yeah, and I'm still tryingto get awareness out there for
the domestic violence stuff.
I still got that show that'sgoing to come up too.

(05:33):
Like I said, me and theperson's schedule has been
conflicting, but we're going toget that show out there also.
And, like I said, I love to comeon here.
I love to chit chat with eachand every last one of you.
Listen, this is what I tell you.
If you have any stories thatyou want to share, any, reach
out to me.
Dkandtreepodcast at yahoocom.
Reach out to me and we'll setsomething up.

(05:56):
We'll get a story out there.
If there's anything that youwould like to share, talk about.
I don't mind talking.
That's why I love coming onhere 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 isour show.

(06:18):
So, again, reach out to me.
If you got anything you want totalk about, anything that's on
your mind and trust me, I don'tmind coming on here to share it.
That's my two cent.
I'm about to go ahead and signoff in here Again.
Reach out to me.
Dkandtreepodcast at yahoocom.
I will get up with you alllater.