Could you be good/close friends with someone completely different to you?

[shaasavera]

Re: Could you be good/close friends with someone completely different to you?

@Reha

I would tell her I appreciate her concern but I wasn’t raised like that. I am good to people who are good to me - regardless of who and what they are.

But I also would be a little taken aback because I have never had people say these things to me.

When I make friends, they are just friends I laugh, hang out with, chill with, etc. I don’t start telling people about my personal life…for that I have enough people to confide in.

what about if the person is someone older and someone you look upto who is saying that and you may be influenced by it. I guess what if your friend was part of a background that maybe a relative of your nationality/background would have issues with. And how would you deal with it if you were on the receiving end of being distanced because of those differences.

what if the person your friend may marry is from a conservative family and does not approve of the friendship? She feels conflicted.