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Originally Posted by Britedark
Hi Have Hope!
I support your decision. Firstly, 'not judging' cannot be a synonym for 'not having an opinion'. Secondly, these days society puts too much pressure on us to be non-judgemental. In other words, being 'judgemental' is judged very harshly in the current society. Which itself is contrary, but let's not get philosophical.
I think each of us have the right to choose our friends. It is well within our jurisdiction to decide the kind of people we wish to associate with. I don't think you are wrong for having opinions or for wanting to associate with people who share your values and code of ethics.
As for giving out your email address - well, how can you get to know a person online without exchanging correspondence? The initial correspondence is more like a screening process - finding out whether the other person is compatible with you or not. Whatever information your friend revealed was voluntary, right? You didn't manipulate her into giving up the information or something. So why should you feel guilty? You did not like something about her, you realized that she is incompatible with you and now you wish to terminate the friendship. How is that wrong from any angle?
Our friends are the family we get to choose. It will be deplorable if that 'choice' factor gets snatched away from us, even in friendship.
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Thank you so much for your support and kindness!

She told me I am just another judgmental person she's come across.
But you're right, and I agree with you. I have a right to my opinion. I also have the right to be discerning about whom I choose as a friend.
Her moral compass and values are so far away from my own.
I feel tainted and poisoned by what she told me, it was that disturbing -- so much so that I need a lot of self soothing.
I am crawling in my skin right now.