Mask in relations

      There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals. It's a quotation written by Francis Bacon. I really liked this saying because it shows an aspect that is needed in many kinds of relationships, but of course, this social skill can really turn out bad, because you have to know when to put on the right mask, otherwise you will hurt the people you adore and care about. Everyone knows how to put a mask on, but not everyone understands when they  should do so, because keeping a mask on is safe, you can hide your real intentions and secrets not to get hurt and not hurt other people too. But of course, doing this to your closest friend is simply unfair, because by keeping a mask on , is just the same as lying to your friend. You put on different masks in many different situations to keep certain relations stable. For example,  even if you don't like a certain co-workers or your group mate, you still have to put up with him, because you will have to spend time with him, and if you will not adapt to the situation, you'll have problems just passing the day. for example, we have a class mate named Vladislav Kucarenko ( I hope I spelled his name right) and he is very unreliable and ignorant when keeping even a mutual friendship with his class mates and lecturers. He shows no respect to the people he studies with, he doesn't even try to do so. He can't even keep a formal standing with anyone, he just acts childish and ignores the help from anyone, he's just lazy. That's why we have to put on a mask when we are communicating with him, because ignoring him completely wouldn't be very friendly, even if it seems to be the best solution towards this relation, I have to put on a mask and act a bit nicer, that at least helps me not to show myself as an ignorant person.
I hope I didn't offend anyone with this story, I just wanted to say that you should stay true to your friends and learn how to deal with certain people in certain situations, even if doesn't look very pleasant, that's a social skills which everyone has to develop just to help you maintain your friendships and relations.