Can you be friends with people who don't travel?

[Anonymous]

I think it is safe to say your DH wins the argument.

[Anonymous]

^^ Talk about winning the battle but losing the war... He has to be married to this person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I had this argument last night. He thinks that I am being snobby, but I really don't want to be friends with people who do not/will not travel outside the US. I understand that for financial reasons, some people can't afford it. However, we have a friend who takes all their vacations to Florida - which I just don't understand. How can you not want to see other cultures and try and expand your view of this world. Most likely, it is because I was not born in this country (although raised here).

Does this make me a snob? I don't think so - I just choose my friends based on people who care about a global view.

I don't know, OP. Does this friend (or did you mean "friends") who travels to Florida have a better grasp on proper sentence construction than you apparently do? That may be another way to choose friendships.

[Anonymous]

Short answer, yes. Now the real question is would they want to be friends with some one as stuck up and narrow minded as you are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I had this argument last night. He thinks that I am being snobby, but I really don't want to be friends with people who do not/will not travel outside the US. I understand that for financial reasons, some people can't afford it. However, we have a friend who takes all their vacations to Florida - which I just don't understand. How can you not want to see other cultures and try and expand your view of this world. Most likely, it is because I was not born in this country (although raised here).

Does this make me a snob? I don't think so - I just choose my friends based on people who care about a global view.

you are an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I definitely can be (and i am) friends without people who do not travel. I never considered this as one of the criteria for a friendship. I simply don't care whether they never left the US, or their city. Agree with your DH, sounds very snobbish on your part.

[Anonymous]

I find it hard to believe that the OP is posting a genuine question.

[Anonymous]

OP, you appear to find something good about being called a snob. Snobs are sad, pathetic, little people who have no self confidence and have to put other people down to make themselves feel important and worthy. Think about this because maybe you can work on changing before you are friendless and husbandless. Also, please, please, please do not have children and if you have some, then let their father be the one to teach them values.

[Anonymous]

i think there are worldly and open minded people out there who have never left their country. travel is not the only way to open your mind & heart to the possibilities in the world.

on the flip side, just because a person travels doesn't mean they are worldly. case in point - people who stay in five star hotels in the midst of abject poverty in a foreign country and take organized tours in air conditioned buses to view tourist attractions.