They Were Best Friends for Over a Decade—Then One Shocking Moment Changed Everything
Had a friend over to my apartment who asked for a soda and I figured he was trustworthy enough to say, “Help yourself from the fridge.” He returned to the living room and announced that he had fixed my thermostat setting.
Just like that. He hadn’t asked permission. He didn’t remember what setting it was before he messed with it. He couldn’t even articulate what he thought was wrong with my setting.
This was quite a few years ago before the Internet had enough information to look up refrigerator settings in a minute. So I looked inside my fridge and tried to figure out what to do, then shrugged and went back to other responsibilities. I was a full time student working two part time jobs.
In the next week all the contents of my fridge rotted.
This guy doesn’t take any responsibility for the expense or the effort of replacing a full fridge of food.
At this point I realize he’s really an affable jerka**. Thinking back on a couple of other things he’d done that I’d written off as honest mistakes when they first happened, I decide he’s more trouble than he’s worth.
I had a long time friend who was in an unhappy situation. He lived at home and had just been laid off of a job he loved. He was pretty unhappy.
The problem was that he was a b***h about it. He had no education and was incredibly unhealthy, but would not accept a position for under 60k a year starting. I’d find something close to his home that was near that pay and he would turn it down. He was just a d**k, all the time. And I tried to be patient.
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