Now I can breathe.

I arranged for an advance on my pay so I could pay the rent at the old place, seeing as my now ex-friends have refused to pay it.

So I’ve got some breathing space again.

Live and learn, really. Live and learn.

I’m glad to have them out of my life to be honest; these were the two most negative impossibly difficult to deal with people I’ve ever come across in a very long time. They complained constantly and they were *always* right, regardless of the subject.

On this latter point, I give you two examples (paraphrased from memory). Example one is concerning my perfectly functional wireless network:

Them: We can’t get the computer onto the wireless network. It’s your network.

Me: I can connect fine to the network. Here, look at my computer. See? It connects fine.

Them: It must be the network. Our Vista PC says to restart the modem.

Me: There’s nothing wrong with the modem. I’ve just proved it. See? My computer connects fine. It’s Vista being difficult.

Him (bolshy tone): If it was Vista there’d be more complaints about it. And what’s this I hear about you selling all your things?

See, I’m expected to justify my functional network as compared to a crappy Vista PC, AND my decision to sell all my possessions. Let’s move on, however to partway through another conversation that turned rapidly sour:

Me: You know, the captain of SeaShepherd* has commented that a vegetarian driving a Hum-Vee creates less greenhouse gas than a meat eater on a bicycle.

Them: We disagree. He’s wrong about that.

Me: hang on, this is a dedicated, long-term fighter for the environment.

Them: We disagree. He’s wrong.

Me: How do you know.

Them: We’ve done our research

And that’s their position. Immovable, unchanging, insurmountable, non-negotiable. Just like the discussion about the rent. Even if I were guilty about everything and anything, I still didn’t leave them in the lurch on rent-day, and refuse to pay said rent.

As I say, better off without these sorts of people in my life. I really am. I look forward to the day when I get the keys to the old place back and can finally say a hearty sayanora sweetie to these idiots.

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*Captain Paul Watson, co-creator of Greenpeace, creator of SeaShepherd, environmental activist extraordinaire.