Conceivable

People ditching one another for a gain.Mhmmm wait a minute, now that's too specific. How about... friends? Hoho.

Everyone has experienced it one way or another. That explains why maybe 30% of your drama series or movies have their plots revolving around this issue. It is THAT amazing to talk about - especially if the backstabber happens to be more twisted in his means, the more exciting the story gets. There isn't a textbook way to stab someone in the back; the symptoms of suspicious motives can be non-existent too.

Needless to say, no insurance policy can commensurate you when such a catastrophe strikes - truly one of a kind isn't it. Fortunately, the same primal instinct works both ways, hence *nearly* everyone has an in-built firewall against such an event. There may be many sharks in the same aquarium, but only one has been swimming the longest.

So what do you do if you realised that you've just been stabbed in the back? No, don't do it literally back to that person. It never works. You can, however, opt to:

Tip 1: Get over it. Cruel, but true. Letting go is always the hardest thing to do, especially if the thing you've just lost means alot to you. *HINT/DISCLAIMER/PLEASE.NOTE* It's always easier said than done. Period.

Oh dang. I shouldn't have even done numbering, simply because there's only one real solution.The most impressive thing that you can do is to be magnanimous, i.e. letting him/her off because you happen to be *understanding*. It takes a major guilt trip for that person to apologise, but the story almost always ends way before this happens.

Everyone gets a happy ending. Even if this event befalls you.

The grass will only turn yellow due to the soil that it is entrenched in, which irrevocably extends its commitment for self preservation.