The way it is.

I more or less abandoned my good friend Julie for a while. Because I couldn't stand her constant emitting of bad vibes. Day in and day out. Every time I saw her. Bad vibes. Of course, I should have been more understanding.  After all, she was in depression. And exacerbated the depression by drinking wine. To excess.  And she rebuffed pleas from me and others to get help. So I declared, enough, enough, enough. That at the very most, she was merely a semi-friend. I hated to do that. But that's the kind of guy I am. A cad. A man capable of behaving crudely and irresponsibly toward bad-vibe-emitting women. On the other hand, I adore women who emit good vibes, such as my Italian amore. That's just the way it is. --Jim Broede