ponderin'

been thinking about this for a while now...

i have several friends who have other friends i can't stand. like, i've met the other friends and had a bad experience with them... the person might be really odd, or a raging bitch, or you name it. so whenever i have to come into contact with the other friend, or hear them talked about, my stomach just clenches up... it's like i want to take my friend aside and shake them and go, "what do you SEE in them???"

growing up, my parents used to always say, "show me your friends and i'll show you what you're really like"... i've always taken that to heart, both in my own friendships as well as others. it's been a factor in relationships before, because like my parents, if someone i'm with has a friendship that's really "off", it changes my view of what they're really about.

obviously i'm not a perfect person myself. but eek. so how do i deal with this, when my only 2 options seem to be 1) talk to the friend about it, which hurts the friendship, or 2) just lock it away inside me until it becomes a hardened little ball in my stomach and i die a misearble, bitter old woman? *grin*

the heat index was 104 degrees today.

and i was in a dark gray suit and heels.

that is all.

*melt*