I have ended up dropping nearly a dozen friends over the last four years. Not just for religion, however, but for several reasons.
I dunno. I think I had something here, some introspective post of some kind but... Hm. I dunno. The inspiration kind of abandoned me.
Basically I had one friend who was a wiccan and we were cool for a while but then she just started to let her sheltered-girl personality start to take far too much of a hold of her and I started feeling like I didn't really want to be her friend, and I started openly mocking her. Same with another girl whose selfish 'all about me' shit mixed with her hyperactively-happy outlook on everything and outright refusal to look at anything stark or pessimistic [as she would call it; realistic is what I would call it] led to me just mocking her and not caring about her as a friend.
But this might be because I've become a jaded cynic over the last few years. People in high spirits and good moods DESPITE the bullshit being thrown at them don't annoy me, in fact I gravitate towards them...the ones in high spirits and good moods because there ISN'T any bullshit being thrown at them, however, do.
My point, off as it tends to, is that...people come and go. If you can't reconcile an idea or an opinion or an emotional reaction of some kind to someone else then it doesn't matter if they're family or friend or not. Maybe it's because I have no familial connections beyond my two brothers and we're damn-near exactly alike in opinions and ideas, but I have always looked at the whole "you have to look out for your family" idea as moribund and pointless. What kind of tyranny is that? If your mother or father beat you as a kid and treated you like shit, NO, no you do NOT have to love them just because they brought you into this world, dammit. Loyalty is something that must be earned and maintained, not freely given and thoughtlessly demanded of. I am loyal to my brothers because they are loyal to me; I am loyal to my friends who are loyal to me. I have no feeling of regret nor love nor forgivance to the grandmother who swindled me of my father's death benefits and who ultimately ended up dying as she deserved; of cancer, alone, cold, lonely, uncared-for. Her funeral procession was devoid of any attendees. She died as she lived, and she dug her own grave.
Same with an individual and their family. If you come to accept reality but your family won't...then you need a solution. If the discussion breeds conflict, then avoid the discussion. But if the discussion cannot be avoided, then avoid the family. Better to do that than to actively breed hostility, after all.
Also summer, you can put the sexual tension not only to bed but also to counter, table, floor, couch, recliner, patio, lawn, and/or shower. ESPECIALLY shower. Showers are the best place to put sexual tension.
I dunno. I think I had something here, some introspective post of some kind but... Hm. I dunno. The inspiration kind of abandoned me.
Basically I had one friend who was a wiccan and we were cool for a while but then she just started to let her sheltered-girl personality start to take far too much of a hold of her and I started feeling like I didn't really want to be her friend, and I started openly mocking her. Same with another girl whose selfish 'all about me' shit mixed with her hyperactively-happy outlook on everything and outright refusal to look at anything stark or pessimistic [as she would call it; realistic is what I would call it] led to me just mocking her and not caring about her as a friend.
But this might be because I've become a jaded cynic over the last few years. People in high spirits and good moods DESPITE the bullshit being thrown at them don't annoy me, in fact I gravitate towards them...the ones in high spirits and good moods because there ISN'T any bullshit being thrown at them, however, do.
My point, off as it tends to, is that...people come and go. If you can't reconcile an idea or an opinion or an emotional reaction of some kind to someone else then it doesn't matter if they're family or friend or not. Maybe it's because I have no familial connections beyond my two brothers and we're damn-near exactly alike in opinions and ideas, but I have always looked at the whole "you have to look out for your family" idea as moribund and pointless. What kind of tyranny is that? If your mother or father beat you as a kid and treated you like shit, NO, no you do NOT have to love them just because they brought you into this world, dammit. Loyalty is something that must be earned and maintained, not freely given and thoughtlessly demanded of. I am loyal to my brothers because they are loyal to me; I am loyal to my friends who are loyal to me. I have no feeling of regret nor love nor forgivance to the grandmother who swindled me of my father's death benefits and who ultimately ended up dying as she deserved; of cancer, alone, cold, lonely, uncared-for. Her funeral procession was devoid of any attendees. She died as she lived, and she dug her own grave.
Same with an individual and their family. If you come to accept reality but your family won't...then you need a solution. If the discussion breeds conflict, then avoid the discussion. But if the discussion cannot be avoided, then avoid the family. Better to do that than to actively breed hostility, after all.
Also summer, you can put the sexual tension not only to bed but also to counter, table, floor, couch, recliner, patio, lawn, and/or shower. ESPECIALLY shower. Showers are the best place to put sexual tension.
