Secular friend of mine wanted to go on a date. I told her “No” and our friendship is over.

You basically told her that she has no worth to any good man, and that she's basically just a whore.

Well that is the life she is living no? Would you recommend a good friend dating such a woman? As her friend I was being honest with her.

She probably already thinks that about herself and deep down hates herself, and you, her supposed friend, someone she trusted enough to actually ask out on a date, just reaffirmed her self loathing and said that every guy she knows thinks the same.

And as her friend I was honest with her. I could have left it at: Our morality and outlooks on life are not compatible. But I was also showing her that she shouldn’t expect a man to actually take a romantic interest in her if she will just put out to any guy she likes. If she really expected me to be interested, she should know why I wasn’t.

You had a chance to give the Gospel to this woman, to affirm her dignity and worth, remind her that God loves and desires relationship with her, and instead chose to indulge your self-righteousness. Shame on you.

Well if she wanted to talk about the Gospel and God, that’s one thing and I would have went out of my way to share what I know. But she thought I would be interested in dating her and that is simply insulting. I also never said she had no dignity or worth. I was just telling her how people view her. Hopefully she takes that criticism and makes something better of her relationship choices.

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