Ouch...

Gar, I've got to admit that I'm rather disappointed with you right now.

Did I ever do anything to make you look down on me? When we were talking every day and you were leaning on me, I was someone to respect. I was special to you; in fact, you said many times that I was everything to you. Sure, that wasn't healthy and we've grown out of it ... but does that give you any call to treat me as an inferior?

All this "during your youth" & Co. has really hurt me. Why does it never occur to you that I am the same age - and even slightly older - now as when you were telling me I was the only person who could ever understand you? Gareth, I can stand most things; and this you know. One thing I don't stand up well under is people I view as my dear friends treating me as an inferior.

Gareth, you're intelligent - I give you full marks for that - but we're on at least equal footing when it comes to scholastic achievements. At this rate, even if you go back to the same course and just work to finish it, I will graduate at the same time as you. You work ... well, no, I guess you don't, do you? You go over to the Ukraine (on funds provided you by others) to try to convince Jews - who, by your own description, are happy where they are - to move to Israel. Why? Because you're misapplying Old Testament prophecies which apply to the Babylonian captivity (and a couple others) to say that all Abraham's decendants should be in the Promised Land. Don't you READ the New Testament? You might as well pack up and go to Israel yourself, Gar; the verses you recite to people are as valid (?invalid?) for you as they are for anyone else.

Enough. I don't like this bitterness in myself. I'm upset because you wounded my pride; no, deeper then that. I'm upset because I feel like I've gone from being the most precious thing in the world to being the butt end of a bad joke. I hate that feeling. I don't like this superior attitude you've suddenly adopted. I recieve respect from the people around me. Should I want to point to concrete reasons, there are several by which I ought to command a measure of respect from you. The biggest of those is simple: I am (or at least was) your friend.