So my question for you is why do you have such low standards for your friends?

I don't get this about people. Someone can treat them like dirt but they still want the person as a friend. WHY?

My standards for friends are pretty much the same as in a relationship. Respect, honesty, no abuse, etc. A guy I dated last summer had a number of red flags but wanted to keep me as a friend. I told him to hit the road because I have standards for my friends, too. (Sadly, he lets his friends treat him like crap, steal his girls, etc....his best friend hit on me a number of times and he had no problem with it because he and the guy "had each others backs". I couldn't stop laughing at that one!)