Tolerance x 100

not ''just'' telling things ''how they are''.. Honesty without compassion is brutality. Papa bear doesn't have a mean bone in his body. Also, feelings are not always facts, he is intelligent enough to have an intellectual conversation with me and doesn't simply spit out bs for example ''calling a spade a spade''

I agree, if the person is not interested in learning about our illness, and being supportive, then forget it. They are not relationship material (or friend material either)