I wasn't there, so maybe you were the nicest guy in the world and your friend is just a tool, as suggested.
But something to consider...
Any chance that leading with this:
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Originally Posted by trekkor
Just my noticing the damage and asking for it to be repaired was the tipping point.
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Instead of:
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Originally Posted by Jnikic
"its just a car, they get scratched sometimes!"
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Left him feeling like this:
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Originally Posted by trekkor
I was very disappointed and hurt by the way he treated me.
Really caught me off guard.
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He might be telling somebody right now "I don't get it, I dinged his car with my door and he jumped all over me, started demanding all sorts of money, you should have seen the tiny ding! I thought we were friends, but I guess you never really know somebody." I know that's not the way you saw it, but I'm talking about different people's perceptions here.
Who knows, maybe he would have offered if you had said don't worry about it, but instead went on the defensive. No, that doesn't change that he should have sucked it up and offered.
Like I said, I wasn't there. Just something to consider, because:
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Originally Posted by Z-man
It shouldn't take something this insignificant to end a friendship
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Or maybe he's just a tool and you're better off. But I would want to make damn sure of that assessment before walking away from a 20 year friendship.