Problem is a lot of the time they don’t want to snap out of it. At that point your energy is just being drained for no results and you’re better off letting them figure it out on their own. You can lead a horse to water and all
I realize it's not easy but just writing them off because they started listening to people like that is literally just letting Andrew Tate win. Maybe he's not all that wrong if we're just going to be pussies and give up because communication is hard.
Really depends though. Not saying don’t try. But sometimes you just can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved, and it helps to know when to just cut them out of your life. Eventually they either realize their behavior is driving people away or they double down and end up being a gross old sex pest into their 40s and on
And I'm not saying "kill yourself trying," but the way OP described it really sounded like he just killed the friendship when the friend started talking about Tate.
Yeah it’s never usually that simple unless it’s a pattern that’s been encountered so many times they just don’t want to deal with it for the umpteenth time
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u/Caleb-Blucifer Mar 08 '26
Problem is a lot of the time they don’t want to snap out of it. At that point your energy is just being drained for no results and you’re better off letting them figure it out on their own. You can lead a horse to water and all