As you may have read, I got really miffed last night as one facebook 'friend' insisted on attacking me and texting me aggressively because I had dismissed Nick Clegg's performance in the leaders debate last night, awarding him 3rd prize.
This friend is someone I've known since university days and meet up with maybe 3 or 4 times a year at most as he now lives away.
I have already ditched one university friend who became similarly obnoxious, sending arsy emails and texts from a distance as he disapproved of conservative political-religious opinions that I'm quite entitled to hold.
Basically, I feel that I am increasingly unable to describe people who hold completely diametrically opposed views, and don't respect my opinion or that the reasons behind them are valid, as friends.
I resent being patronised by such people about my views almost like they don't think I have thought anything through.
I certainly don't spend my time on facebook, emails etc. trying to convince them of my views and don't really give a rats that they don't agree with mine.
Increasingly it appears I meet up with these people only for the random chance that I had the fortune/misfortune(?) of getting drunk with them in uni when they were far more open-minded and easy going people.
Also I suspect there is jealousy at play since I have acquired a fast car and a nice flat whilst they have neither. And this friend, just like the previous 'friend' that I ditched, make instant disapproving comments of any attractive woman that I've started seeing (despite the fact they go out with dogs).
Usually I find that friendships just kinda naturally drift apart naturally, but it's annoying when these people still want to be your friend but spend most of their time on facebook or whatever trying to brainwash you into their bull*** left-wing atheistic nonsense, or make negative remarks about any woman I date, and believe me they look better than their dogs.
Why can't they just accept me for who I am? It's approaching the time when I tell them to eff off and find some communist friends.
This friend is someone I've known since university days and meet up with maybe 3 or 4 times a year at most as he now lives away.
I have already ditched one university friend who became similarly obnoxious, sending arsy emails and texts from a distance as he disapproved of conservative political-religious opinions that I'm quite entitled to hold.
Basically, I feel that I am increasingly unable to describe people who hold completely diametrically opposed views, and don't respect my opinion or that the reasons behind them are valid, as friends.
I resent being patronised by such people about my views almost like they don't think I have thought anything through.
I certainly don't spend my time on facebook, emails etc. trying to convince them of my views and don't really give a rats that they don't agree with mine.
Increasingly it appears I meet up with these people only for the random chance that I had the fortune/misfortune(?) of getting drunk with them in uni when they were far more open-minded and easy going people.
Also I suspect there is jealousy at play since I have acquired a fast car and a nice flat whilst they have neither. And this friend, just like the previous 'friend' that I ditched, make instant disapproving comments of any attractive woman that I've started seeing (despite the fact they go out with dogs).
Usually I find that friendships just kinda naturally drift apart naturally, but it's annoying when these people still want to be your friend but spend most of their time on facebook or whatever trying to brainwash you into their bull*** left-wing atheistic nonsense, or make negative remarks about any woman I date, and believe me they look better than their dogs.
Why can't they just accept me for who I am? It's approaching the time when I tell them to eff off and find some communist friends.
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