way around. One of these friends took my help for granted, the other responded by helping me in return. The friend that helped me was quite critical of the way that my other new friend had responded to my kindness. Since I had a lot of school work to do, and also spent time working outside of school, I did not have much time for a social life. Thus, I had to be very careful about who I chose to spend time with. I had a decision to make.
Given my two new friends, one appreciated my time, the other did not. I had spent a great deal of time and effort helping the first friend, so helping that person had become more familiar to me, like the road more traveled. But the friendship was not a solid one, I knew this but hoped that maybe the person would see that lying and manipulating was not helping our relationship. My newer friend was far more courteous and honest, and never lied to me once. This friend was like Frost's road less traveled. I decided to develop my friendship with the newer friend instead of spending time with the other person
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