Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
.... Frankly, when people who are supposedly my friends do this, it hurts my feelings. I listen to them talk about their dogs, tennis, downhill skiing, jobs that seem boring to me, etc. That's part of being a friend. I guess I'm at the point in my life when I want to surround myself with like minded people, but I am too nice to cut the others out of my life at this point. My only concern is that I could really spend ALL of my time engaged in the activities I love, or with my DH, or our cycling friends. I know this is probably not healthy, so I try to continue my other connections. But, I admit, it's hard for me to be around people who live unhealthy lifestyles. I say nothing, though, and just go on...
I agree, it doesn't feel good when "friends" only refer to my activities with discouragement or to laugh at them, yet I've spent hours listening to them talking about some of their activities that I find quite boring - but I listen because that is part of what being a friend is about. Listening to and supporting each other. Of course I was already considered something of an eccentric...which seems to give them permission to talk about my activities as they do. Meh, I do get tired of this.