It's Not a Moral Failure to Dislike Someone

When you believe it's your job to be loved by all, disasters happen.

Nuage (1959) by Dorothea Tanning

The other day, I was talking to my close friend on the phone, and she said,

“You know that thing where you don’t like someone, but you want them to like you anyway?”

I immediately recognized myself in this description. Then she told me about a friend of a friend whom she can’t stand. From the first day they met, they never …