Do I expect my friends to not turn away from me? Sure. Besides, it’s you trivializing what Protestants say. A personal relationship does not indicate demeaning or disrespecting the person you have that relationship with. Do you treat your wife with respect or disdain? Trying to imply that by saying we have a personal relationship we somehow demean that relationship may well reflect on your view of the term “personal relationship”.
The argument that I have is with the Buddy Christ idea that somehow Jesus is a dude that we swap beers in our garages. If you wish to hop into the conversation, that is fine, but please understand the context. Jesus is Lord God Almighty, not Joe from next door who barbeques chicken and burgers every weekend and is half in the bag by the time they're done.
If you think that’s what relationship consists of I don’t guess I can change that. If that’s the type of relationship that you have with your priest I don’t suppose you have a base to understand what a relationship with Christ may be like.
If the only view of a relationship is beer and barbeque then I’m not going to be able to relate on that subject.