(09-27-2023, 10:49 AM)Grace Wrote: I left that forum over it. I realized this pretense of all being friends was nothing but a lie I had bought into.
However, I tell myself that's just online where people rant and that's it. But I do wonder how much that bleeds into real life too.
Wisdom in your words above.
I invest a lot less in friends as I grow older. If I am honest with myself, I have two left ... not counting the wife (and she's really all that matters).
I invest heavily in neighbors. I have invested heavily in my Son-In-Law. Everyone else is blood kin.
Learned the value of on-line relationships in being booted from TOS.
(09-26-2023, 08:11 PM)Ninurta Wrote: Religion and politics should NEVER be mixed, no matter what your politics or religion are. We are seeing the results of that attempt right now, before our very eyes.
Somehow, the government got into people's homes and families. Got into the business of helping people break their marriage vows (a religious oath). We The People allowed it because 'exceptions'. What an absolute mistake that has turned out to be.