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Friend with an attitude
A friend of mine who used to be a very nice person went to college. Now he looks down on everyone and treats us like we're subhuman. How should i act when i run into him?
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Act civil and polite and say HI, even if he doesn't greet you or even look your way. He is the one with the problem and who knows what changed him so greatly. All you know is that he is a 'past' friend, not a current friend and you should not be wasting time trying to reconnect as friends as it will be an impossible feat. If you feel upset by his behavior, think of it this way, as a soul, you're probably advanced like college level whereas his soul is at Kindergarten level and you can't expect a Kindergartner to act like a college student. There are lots of things that wouldn't matter to you or get you upset like if a little child were snubbing you. You'd shrug your shoulders and walk away. Stooping to his level and treating him back the way he is treating you and others won't hurt him but messes just with you and how you feel about yourself. He may never change back but then again, maybe he will someday in the future regret the person he has become and want to look up old friends. If he does, you have to remember not to close the door on him because you shouldn't judge a person based on their past. You can only give them a chance to prove themselves here and now, in current time and if he is changed, accept him back and don't bring up his past unless he does. If you give him a chance and he proves he is not changed all these years later, then do not accept his friendship and let him go. This again is just about the future whether a handful of years, a decade or whatever.
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