To be my friend you need only accept who I am, as I must accept who you are. Change is only required when something more than friendship is being discussed.
I don't like many of the choices you have made, but they are yours to make--for better or for worse--and I won't try to force you to change. I will tell you when I disagree with them and why (if given the chance), but your life is yours to live. I have no control over it except that which may you willingly give me. Conversely, you have no control over my life, except that which I may willingly give you.
I understand your choices. I understand the reasons behind them. While I may not agree with them, I accept them as yours and yours alone. In return, I expect my own choices to be accepted; how I express myself, how I choose to live, whom I choose as friends, and where I place the limits of love and intimacy. And understand that I never choose to hurt you, but I will not change who I am just to appease you, any more than you will change who you are just to appease me
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I don't like many of the choices you have made, but they are yours to make--for better or for worse--and I won't try to force you to change. I will tell you when I disagree with them and why (if given the chance), but your life is yours to live. I have no control over it except that which may you willingly give me. Conversely, you have no control over my life, except that which I may willingly give you.
I understand your choices. I understand the reasons behind them. While I may not agree with them, I accept them as yours and yours alone. In return, I expect my own choices to be accepted; how I express myself, how I choose to live, whom I choose as friends, and where I place the limits of love and intimacy. And understand that I never choose to hurt you, but I will not change who I am just to appease you, any more than you will change who you are just to appease me ( ... )
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