[cgbg]

selfish? I have good friends who say this on a regular basis, to even their family and friends. It makes me ill.

You need to disown those "good friends"

Now.

They are toxic.

You cannot trust them--ever.

They will burn you.

They will stab you in the back.

This is not about the virus or the vaccines.

This is about basic human values.

They believe they own other humans like cattle.

You have been warned.

[GreyHoundSailor]

You’re right - I had to ditch a friend of 45 years. Since then we’ve made over a dozen new friends to replace him. No regrets.

[FamiliarFace]

Duly noted, thank you. In this case, I am choosing, for the moment, to stay close enough to them to be confidantes while disclosing little on my side of things. I am VERY aware of what I do or say around them.

These are longtime friends, who, if we were in Nazi Germany, would surely be the ones who turned me in to the Gestapo. So I completely understand what you are saying.

It may well be that I break this friendship off with the others. For now, I’m choosing to watch and listen. If I have to make a move in the future, it will be abrupt, and hopefully under their radar.