Confession

I'm going to put this out there, and I don't care who's slighted: I used to want friends to tell me when I'm wrong, but as I got older, that foolishness changed. I'm about loyalty. I'll have your back through the good & bad. If you're wrong, it's up to you to recognize it on your own. Grown folks shouldn't need someone to let them know when they're wrong, they should know. As part of my zero tolerance mindset I've adopted: If you're going to be friends with me, you can't tell me when I'm at fault, or we're done as friends. Straight Up & Down. If I wanted someone to correct me, that's what parents & other elders are for. To me, elders have more of a right to correct me than my own peers because elders have been down the same road, and they have a lot more wisdom to offer. Why wouldn't I listen to them? Sure, I may rebel from time to time, but that's rare because 9 times out of 10, they were right, but I didn't see it at the time.