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In reply to the discussion: I've lost my best friend, and it's because of Trump [View all]moonscape
(4,673 posts)identical with a very good friend of 45 years. We were at university together, both moved to Manhattan, vacationed in Paris, stayed in regular touch after I left NYC and was there for me when I got cancer. Then, Trump.
He is a retired attorney, gay, been on a cocktail for HIV since the late 80s, and I could never understand his conservatism but accepted it and our friendship endured with the agreement we would back off political discussions.
I dont understand how someone intelligent could fall for Trump but it revealed things about him I could not get past. In the end I cut off communication, thanked him for his friendship all these years, the wonderful memories, but that I was unable to continue and wished him everything good in life. Asked him not to call or write but he did (an unpleasant response) so I blocked his email addresses and did not have to see any further he might have sent.
Its very sad thinking of all the interpersonal damage among close friends and families that went on the last 4 years and continues. Very sorry you are in this club.