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So my ex was a porn addict and I remember when he was in his recovery he would always talk about how the objectification of women was bad and all that stuff. But, his friends were all porn sick men who only saw women as objects. They were guys who had a gf or wife but still lusted after other women and when I asked my ex if he didn't think that being friends with them affected his recovery, he said no bc what they do has no affect on him. He also went off on me bc I called his friend a weirdo bc he was watching pics of half naked women in cosplay while his wife was like 6 months pregnant.
Idk I've always been under the impression that your friend group was a reflection of who you were. What do you guys think about that?
Absolutely it is.
The people we choose to spend our life around are definitely a reflection of our character. If you think online can be an echo chamber - so can a group of people who all think the same way. If I choose to come to FDS and surround myself with RadFems and all associated content, I will absorb it. And I keep coming back here because it resonates with my own personal beliefs. Where I choose to spend my absolutely influences how I think and feel
Yes.
Although some people are sort of entrenched with lv friends and relatives through no fault of their own, I’ll assume for context you mean friends he actively seeks to spend time with, so yes. It definitely is a reflection of him.
Men who are seemingly HV but are friends with lv men who are abusers, rapists etc share those same values, and benefit from being seen as better in contrast to their unsavory friends.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A man is only as decent as his shittiest friend
You are the sum of who you surround yourself with.
To be able to have friends who have heavy moral struggles takes a strong vision and commitment to what you want for yourself. If you aren’t solid on that they will not be pulled up by you, and instead they will drag you down.
YES. It’s one thing if he’s socially awkward and doesn’t get much choice as to who his friends are, but if he’s the bragging type and is comfortable with their behaviour, red flag🚩
A man is who he is by the company that he keeps.
Yes. Birds of a feather flock together.