(January 8, 2018 at 10:25 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: A serious answer:
One of the core parts of my beliefs/values is that we’re all responsible for the company we keep. Even family, once we’re adults. So I have a really dim view of people who complain about all the negative drama in their life, yet continue to surround themselves with idiots and assholes.
I don’t have many people that I’m legitimately close to in my life. Part of it is because of my disability, but part of it is also by choice. I have too much crap to worry about in my day-to-day life to be dragged down by another’s inability to competently handle their own life. I turn 38 next month. I figure that if someone is around my age and they haven’t figured out how to be an adult, I don’t want them in my life.
It may sound unnecessarily harsh, but I’m in a vulnerable position. My continued survival relies on surrounding myself with good actors. I don’t have the luxury to give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the fundamentals.
No, I'm with you 100%. Fuck people who aren't there for you as much as you are there for them. Seeing good in everyone is a flaw IMO, not a virtue. There are people out there whose main purpose in life is to leech off others and take advantage of them, especially people who are seen as easy targets for their manipulation. That's all they know what to do to live.
