RE: Just Another Unapologetic Minimalist.
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Cutting someone off because they prefer to spend on different things or not spend the way you do seems extreme, especially if you've been friends for so long. Sorry to hear about your friend - hopefully someday he comes to understand, like you already do, that this isn't something worth becoming enemies over.
I struggle with appearing stingy too, so when I turn down an invitation somewhere I try to counter it with an invitation to spend meaningful time together in some other way (in someone's house, for example, or out for a walk). It's not always possible, of course, as with that wedding you mentioned, but where there's a will on both sides, there's a way. Thank you for sharing this episode, George!
This is brilliant and I never thought of it before because I believe they can't pick interest in the things I do for fun. I will do this henceforth and hope it makes a huge difference.
I do not see my friend realizing anytime soon because he has found another cliq that matches his energy socially.
If the wedding was his, nothing would have stopped me from attending and I did ensure to send a gift but it wasn't enough for him to see things from my perspective.