a long time friend has been associating himself with someone who has a reputation for abusing women and a pretty lengthy criminal background

@Frostcloud
Then he uses people for his own gain.

@Frostcloud Knowing what that person’s done? Is probably still doing? Wow, that would just confirm my not being able to see my friend the same way. Maybe some of the criminal stuff I could look past, depending on what it is, people sometimes do deserve a second chance. But abusing women, that’s a drop dead deal breaker.

@Justmeraeagain yep. And he uses her too