There are time when friends argue or even disagree, it is natural as no two people are identical, therefore thoughts are different and past situations have prepared them to deal with the identical situation differently than each other. Keeping this in mind...
No two people will ever come to the exact same conclusion about any given situation.
On the good side, this is actually a good thing to have happen since the variety of personalities and perceptions is what makes this a unique and interesting world to be a part of.
Me, being the eternal optimist in a pessimistic environment, makes things interesting for me. People generally see me as the outcast, the one that is "different" from the pack. Which is fine with me, I wouldn't want to be the same anyways.
Keeping the above in mind...
When friends argue and you are caught in the middle, it takes about everything you have to try and "fence walk" and keep the peace so that no one person gets offended and calls the friendship off whilst giving you the finger as they drive away. Not saying this has happened, it's more of a metaphorical perspective of individuality and the built-in defense mechanism we all have. Fence walking is not my profession nor do I choose to do it by any sort of happenstance. However, to keep the friends I hold dear to myself, it sometimes becomes a superfluous substitution of abnormal activity that no one really wants to deal with or should have to.
Being true friends with someone obligates you to be there when they need you and vice-versa; whether it be physical, mental ,or just a shoulder to lean on when the situation dictates the necessity to do so. You won't mind when that happens either. The problem here-in lies when the situation exists long past sanity. Somethings should just be dealt with and be done with, other things take some time to iron out. But dragging things into a virtual eternity does nothing more than confuse you as to why this is happening, aggravates your friends to having to deal with it from your end, and why they can't figure out why you keep doing whatever it is you are doing to keep the situation rancid to begin with.
Advice, overrated and I no longer give any. I must be insane or became insane at some point because of the advice I have given in the past seems to have had no impact on any situation I was ever involved in and furthermore, no one listens to my advice. As rational as I am and as Spock-like rational as I can be, some things just make no damn sense as to why people do the stupid shit they do. They know full and damn well what is going to happen to them if they do it, and yet t hey do it anyways and then wonder why the consequences had to happen to them, like they don't deserve it. I learned this lesson a few years ago.
I guess all in all we are all morons living in a bowl of cereal with water wings on waiting to be gobbled up by eternity.
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