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cynatnite

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7. I should also add that it's up to you to determine if the friendship is worth keeping...

Reply to trof (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:47 PM

Mar 2012

Is having the same views and opinions important to you? Can you both retain the friendship and still have a spirited debate?

Good friends are not easy to find. It's up to you both to decide if this is a deal breaker for a friendship.

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Wow! Same here. Single mom. trof Mar 2012 #8

I should also add that it's up to you to determine if the friendship is worth keeping... cynatnite Mar 2012 #7

No, not an end to friendship. trof Mar 2012 #9

You might be able to educate him here and there... cynatnite Mar 2012 #10

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