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[quote=Anonymous]OP – often (not always) when people leave a corporate type of job and go into a non profit type of job furthering a certain mission, they become ALL about that mission.  Often they had some reason why they already believed in that mission and now working in that space, it becomes their “purpose.” This is different from the people who leave biglaw because they’ve made their money or because the job provides the work life balance/hours they’re looking for.  Sounds like your friend is one of these people who REALLY believes in what she’s doing which sounds it’s in the social justice/racial equality space.  So she talks about it all the time because she cares and at some level she doesn’t get how everyone doesn’t care.  She isn’t saying it, but she doesn’t get why you don’t care and probably is internally rolling her eyes at the things she considers “trite” – fancy homes, cars, luxury hotels – when there are so many people in her world being treated unfairly, living with income inequality etc.
I’m not saying she’s right or you’re wrong.  It’s just that your views on the world have totally diverged and IDK if they’ll ever converge again the way they did when you were 25 or 28 in the same type of job.  Doesn’t mean you cut off the friendship, but maybe you guys pull back to preserve the friendship to some extent – or else you’ll irritate each other so much that it’ll be irreparable.  Maybe it should just be invites to events or parties or with groups for a little while, rather than the sit and talk type of friendship.
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