I, too, am so much less tolerant than when I was young. There are friends that I see now and then that were friends from our childhood, and I think to myself, "What did I see in this person?" They want to talk only about themselves, and rarely ask about me and my life. People that are "too nice" are often targeted by these people. We don't know how to handle someone who acts so selfish and self-absorbed. It's disrespectful, but a lot of people have been allowed to get away with it, and so these people never change. I pick and choose my friends now very carefully. Like someone posted earlier, life is too short, and my time too precious to spend it listening to someone else crying, whining, and dwelling on themselves with no regard for the feelings of the person who is supposed to be their "friend."