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3. They're just people you thrown together with by accident when you were teenagers

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 12:02 PM

May 2016

There's no reason you should have anything in common with them now, or have a relationship with them any more if you don't want to. I stay in contact with a handful of my classmates. The others, I couldnt' care less.

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OH GOLLY, please help me understand and NOT devolve into hating high school classmate(s,)EDITED [View all] elleng May 2016 OP

Ireland, Canada and Iceland..... safeinOhio May 2016 #1

I'd do the same but elleng May 2016 #5

Never had any children. safeinOhio May 2016 #12

put yourself inside of a conservative mind...that does sound dangerous beachbum bob May 2016 #2

They're just people you thrown together with by accident when you were teenagers Ex Lurker May 2016 #3

It's interesting that the few with whom I am in contact again kentauros May 2016 #22

Your comment makes the Opening Post sound implausible. I hope our exchange caused Good edit. Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #24

Take a deep breath PJMcK May 2016 #4

Either ignore it completely, block their posts from appearing on your FB page, SheilaT May 2016 #6

Thanks, SheilaT; that's basically what I've done, IGNORE, that is, elleng May 2016 #10

Elleng trudyco May 2016 #16

Thanks, trudyco. elleng May 2016 #21

He would glory in the title. 3catwoman3 May 2016 #28

Darn right he doesn't want to work that hard, elleng May 2016 #29

Not only doesn't want to work that hard, I have serious... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #31

Absolutely, you've mentioned several attributes he probably doesn't have elleng May 2016 #32

Sounds like FOXitis stage 5, no cure in many cases. Thinkingabout May 2016 #7

I have a couple of FBers like that gratuitous May 2016 #8

I do the same. CurtEastPoint May 2016 #11

With friends like that who needs the internet? TeamPooka May 2016 #9

Can't help. Downwinder May 2016 #13

How many in your class? SheilaT May 2016 #17

We had about 600. Even in school everyone went their own ways. Downwinder May 2016 #23

Not a single person out of 600? SheilaT May 2016 #25

IMO, hating some HS classmates is inevitable, Different Drummer May 2016 #14

Tell your ignorant Obama-hating Fb friends to read this: frogmarch May 2016 #15

Thanks. Good one. elleng May 2016 #20

Once you learn how to pose questions the right way they are much easier to deal with Fumesucker May 2016 #18

I agree; that's been my approach generally (in life.) elleng May 2016 #19

I ignored a high school classmate's right wing crap until he started LibDemAlways May 2016 #26

I'm open to public (I think,) elleng May 2016 #27

That's the end result of what happens when you replace Fox News with critical thinking. Initech May 2016 #30