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I recently made my first real friend this year. Nobody else fits my description of a friend this year and apparently everyone seems to think I'm their friend. So this annoying bitch at school asked me a couple days ago if I was her friend and I told her I wasn't. Then she goes on to ask why I said I wasn't her friend and I told her the reasoning behind it. I told this to a couple of people and they said it was mean. I'm not going to fucking lie to the bitch to make her feel better. I don't lie and I'm regarded as a brutally honest person. I'm not sitting here scratching my head wondering if it was mean or not because it was, but would they really have lied to her? I guess people can't believe it because she's one of those annoying bitches who is pretty, but with the personality equivalent to that of a bowl of mush.
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There's a difference between telling someone you don't want to be friends with them and being an asshat about it
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You sound like you don't put up with imperfections, and don't suffer fools lightly. Unfortunately, these are not traits one would expect to find in a good friend.

Consider this: Nobody's perfect.
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(04-23-2014 04:20 AM)Sharpie Wrote:  There's a difference between telling someone you don't want to be friends with them and being an asshat about it
This is the same day she was being a bitch to me. I don't feel like talking about it because it's personal, but if she's going to ask why I don't want to be friends with her I'm going to tell her.
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(04-23-2014 06:39 AM)DoA Wrote:  You sound like you don't put up with imperfections, and don't suffer fools lightly. Unfortunately, these are not traits one would expect to find in a good friend.

Consider this: Nobody's perfect.
I'm okay with flaws and imperfections, but you'd really have to know this girl to see where I'm coming from. Now that I think about it she's a damn bully. When any opportunity arises to tease me with her piece of shit friends or make passive aggressive comments about me she'll do it. So no I'm not going to be friends or consider being friends with a cunt like that.
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Noted, but it's interesting that, despite that, she was still willing to consider you a friend.

What about the others?
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If she's only seeming to target him, then she might have stronger feelings him :/ (Assuming Illusion is a guy)
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She could just be one of those people looking to make fools out everyone else.
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