Materialistic people in a Materialistic World!!!

Gone are the days when friendship was based on common interests and mutual liking.
Gone are the days when making strangers into friends was not considered a heinous act!

Now are the days when a person approaches you with a smile , we need to wonder whats hidden behind those innocent looking eyes.
Now are the days when people get acquainted to you Only if there's a 'gain\profit' in the equation.
Now are the days when if you want to gain some social attention, instead of making yourself friendly, you should make yourself vulnerable.

Friends were,the Gods. People who'll be there no matter what !! More reliable and more approachable than any family.
Friends were the answer to every problem, the escape from every misery

But now, any moment a friend can turn into a stranger.. a stranger who is capable enough to rip you apart. a stranger strong enough to use your weaknesses against you, who conveniently ignores the fact that he\she can actually be of help.

The likelihood of such materialistic opportunists have increased so much that even a n actual genuine act is looked at through suspicious magnifying glasses. A behavior that would send any genuine person off the hook.

Amid all this madness my heart still hopes with crossed fingers that relationships can also be genuine, that there will remain some people who loves you for what you are and not for what they can get out of you! ......