TL;DR: i wanna unfriend someone because they are a really bad influence on me, but idk how.

So im friends with this person right? i'll call them... cheerio. yup, like the cereal.

i met them last year in a mutual class. we immediately became friends because we are the same age and we were assigned to sit next to each other.

now i was pretty happy to be their friend, we had similar interests.

but then the day comes around that they came into class, and they looked pretty tired and depleted.

i ask cheerio if they are ok.

they said that they were fine, but their zaza wore off.

they did zaza. weed. we are minors by the way. and its illegal in my state to do it if you are under 21.

i am pretty shaken by this statement. i surround myself with a bunch of people who can be described as "goody two shoes"(really rude connotation, ik). they get good grades and they follow the rules, and not really rebels.

this comment lingered, but i tried to ignore it because i thought it was a joke. cheerio seemed like the type of person to make "dark jokes" so yeah.

here comes the day where i decide to sit at cheerio's table at lunch. nice convo, but then comes the disscussion of zaza. i stay quiet and observe.

everyone talks about having it, dealers and stuff like that. i felt extremely uncomfortable. i've seen this stuff in videos they've shown us in health class, and i never thought it would ACTUALLY happen.

in the most nonchalant way possible, i tell my friend that i would go to the bathroom, and i left.

other stuff that you guys should probably note:

- cheerio is the type of person to be "overly woke". dont get me wrong, i'm all for the lgbtq acceptance, as i am part of the community myself. but its come to the point where stuff like these happen:

- heterophobia. cheerio has said many statements that lead me to believe that they genuinely hate straight people.

- racism, but against white people. ironically, cheerio is white. cheerio said statements like, "oh they probably did [horrendous act] because they are straight and white."

- glorifying neurodivergency. imo, neurodivergency is just something you have. its not bad, its not good, its just.. what it is. though you do have to accept that it sometimes affects one's life in a negative way(sensory overload, social ques, ect). cheerio does not accept this and has used it as a complement.

- genuinely believes that you can identify as an animal. im all for the enby's but i feel like there are limits.

- has a pretty negative outlook on life.

so yeah theres that. please help me you guys. im scared to approach my parents because they would immediatly assume the worst and think that i did something. and they will keep it a long going disscussion for the rest of my life. like even after its solved they would bring it up.

please help me you guys.

thanks