Artist/Designer Friend in Prison
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whatthefunk,
The kids i've met through the non-profit are being given a chance to succeed because cultural, social and familial conditions have left them without the opportunities that most of us take for granted.
So what's your friends excuse? The money was good and easy so he decided to sell drugs and guns because he was too fucking lazy to use his god given ability to become a CONSTRUCTIVE member of society? Or that he fell in with 'the wrong crowd'? Those are poor excuses. So what if he COULD have become the next big CD or Designer or who gives a fuck... the fact is he became a fucking DRUG DEALER AND GUN RUNNER.
Anyway it looks like your friend is getting a second chance - whether you consider that second chance the US Penal System or having a friend who's willing to support him and reach out to him while he's serving time - that most of the kids that i've met might have NEVER gotten if they were in his shoes. He should be thankful that a) he's not lying in some ditch somewhere face down and b) he has a friend like you to support him.
It's ok for you to be his friend. Nobody is condemning that. I think you should just be more realistic about the situation and less dismissive of the things he's done.
I also don't understand the emotional investment you seem to have with this individual. From what you say it doesn't sound like you've been that close of friends in 5 or so years and then all of the suddenly he ends up in jail and he needs a friend? C'mon dude. You're looking like a huge patzi right now.