Reply #11: what is so precious about this friendship?

[pitohui]

there is a word for people with whom you can't share your true thoughts and feelings, and it is not friend

this person is an acquaintance of long standing but why spend your limited free time on this earth with people who secretly despise everything you believe, who hold you in contempt if you are a free woman or are married to a free woman, and around whom you have to walk on eggshells?

my fundy "friends" are neighbors or others that i use -- and they use me too -- to share things like cutting each other's lawns or feeding each other's pets while on vacation -- but i am not obligated to spend hours in prayer with them or to invite them to Big Deal birthday parties

the word "friend" is used too cheaply in the united states