None of the rest of you better bail on me.
Maybe the person you thought was your ‘friend’ just isn’t there anymore - or never really was.
People can change drastically throughout life.
You should have banged Joyce if you were going to get blamed for it anyway.
You are not alone in situations like this.
These last few years have seen many of us losing those we thought of as friends or fellow travelers.
My sincere condolences.
CJB
Laz, you have a lot of friends here.
Almost all of the friends I had in High School and College went hard left while I stayed middle to middle right...needless to say they don’t like talking to me and I’m ok with that, Jesus, my wife, cat and dog love me and that’s enough
Some friendships last, some don’t.
Just one of the many things I no longer worry about as I get older.
get a dog.
You still got us so that should more than make up for it. 😂👍
Friends are overrated. But what do I know? I’m a misanthrope.
I’ll go out on a limb and guess she only hates Judeo-Christian religion.
“No idea what provoked his attacks”
Satan.
Dear Laz:
I can promise you that you are not the only one suffering loss with regards to relationships and just about everything else going on in this sad, sick, and depraved world.
Sometimes God gets rid of people in our lives for various reasons. I had to finally disavow of one of my 30 year friendships because the friend I once knew and loved refused to drop his 20 year old mentality when it came to life.
You have a lot of friends here - including me, even though we don’t converse much.
Jesus is a great divider of people. You either believe who He is or you don’t.
For those who love Him, we’re going to look back on this life as a minor inconvenience. And you’ll have friends who treat you better than family 100 times over who will truly love you - FOREVER!!
God Bless You FRIEND! And Happy New Year!
Revelation 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
I had some people who I thought were friends who I had to step back from over the past few years. During Trump’s presidency and during Covid, they all went nutso. I realized they would sell me out as a conservative and Trump supporter for payment of a $10 Walmart gift card if asked to do so.
Loss makes many angry and they act out. Maybe he’ll eventually find peace and reach out to you someday.
You can only control yourself, not others.
Still sucks, sorry to hear that.
Even before I got to this part, I was thinking, "it's the girl."
Just pray for your friend. Be the faith that he doesn't have. And keep your distance.
Definitely block/unfriend this chick. She's poison. The evil in her wants to lure as many as possible into the pit.
What's more, Amy is probably taking him for a ride.
“I think I’m so damned smart.”
I think you are one of the smartest people on FR. I’ve learned a lot from you over the years and I appreciate how humble you can be when you’re delivering pearl of wisdom to this fellowship of ours.
The problem some people have is that they resent it when others are smarter than they are. Your college friend and his mistress are emblematic of the insanity of the left that is demonstrated whenever they come into power: the first thing they do is to kill anyone smarter than they are.
The best you can do with such people is to wish them well and forget their names.
It’s hard when someone seemingly throws you away for no good reason.
My best friend (J), his brother (R), myself and his brother’s friend, (K) golfed together once a week. This was a standing thing for years. Before that, I had done many things with R, he and his wife came on vacation with us, etc.
J is left of center, but avoids politics.
R is much more left and is proud of it.
K is a communist.
I don’t bring up politics, but I don’t back down. One day, after golf, K started on politics... I told him it was a bad idea. He continued on. I didn’t go ballistic, but I did raise my voice a little and state my opinions. A couple days later J told me R couldn’t handle my anger and didn’t want to golf with me anymore. Really? A decades long “friendship” discarded over a disagreement?
So I totally get what you’re feeling. And I dislike liberals a little more than ever.
i can relate LAZ. I had friends when I was in grad school. but when i finally regained my senses an returned to my conservative roots and then openly supported Trump they want nothing to do with me. Oh well i survived, not sure how they are doing but here we are all friends! Well some more than other. BTW, the five gates of hell are our five senses, I SUSPECT that this woman moved in on his senses when his wife passed, he thinks that means she is here for him, but in truth if she is truly wiccan she is member of the opposition. So, I HOPE it ends well for him. But sometimes you have to knock the dust off your Birkenstocks and move on! paraphrasing Jesus there. LOL
LEX