What To Do When Your Friend Holds Different Opinions On Topics That Matter To You

“It’s hard enough to maintain a friendship when you don’t share the same stance on your favorite Kardashian (Kim, duh). But what happens when you don’t agree with your president? Or vaccines? Or religion? A little piece of me wants to say delete your friendship cache. Get rid of the people who don’t make you feel like your best self. But then I remember something that happened back when I was a butterfly-clip-wearing middle schooler, and I committed one of the most egregious Girl Code violations on record.”

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