So here's the low down.
I am a lower middle class small town guy. I have a fairly new friend who has money, from an undisclosed city that I am moving to soon. This friend and I have been talking on the phone for months now almost everyday, and I have already ran across a problem with him. Our egos clash apparently. I am trying my hardest to have an open mind here, but every now and then he talks down to me and has a condescending tone in his voice. I have warned him about it before, but he continues to do it. Today I asked him a simple question about his "family business" and he snapped on me like a rabid dog. Im trying to not "assume" he is thinking I am trying to get in his pockets, but the conversation, needless to say, didn't end very well. It ended with us agreeing to disagree and he got offline. He is a bit troubled, (apparently money doesn't solve everyone's problems) and I have listened to his problems, as well as he has listened to mine. We have built up quite a friendship. although we have not met in person yet. I have NEVER brought up his families business before, but he really snapped on me. I hung up on him, and told then called him back. I told him, "See how easy that was? I have no qualms de-friending you if you are going to talk to me like that, I don't care if you come from a farm or live in a mansion. Money is nothing to me."
He got angry and told me that I am always suspicious of people, and I am the one with the problem, and should just respect what he said to me. I refuse to respect a sharp tongue in my direction for no reason. He refuses to apologize regardless, even though I apologized for bringing up the conversation.
I am ---------------------- this -- close to ditching him all together (because I don't let anyone talk to me in that manner), but we have built a bond, and I don't want to break it. What should I do in this situation?
I am a lower middle class small town guy. I have a fairly new friend who has money, from an undisclosed city that I am moving to soon. This friend and I have been talking on the phone for months now almost everyday, and I have already ran across a problem with him. Our egos clash apparently. I am trying my hardest to have an open mind here, but every now and then he talks down to me and has a condescending tone in his voice. I have warned him about it before, but he continues to do it. Today I asked him a simple question about his "family business" and he snapped on me like a rabid dog. Im trying to not "assume" he is thinking I am trying to get in his pockets, but the conversation, needless to say, didn't end very well. It ended with us agreeing to disagree and he got offline. He is a bit troubled, (apparently money doesn't solve everyone's problems) and I have listened to his problems, as well as he has listened to mine. We have built up quite a friendship. although we have not met in person yet. I have NEVER brought up his families business before, but he really snapped on me. I hung up on him, and told then called him back. I told him, "See how easy that was? I have no qualms de-friending you if you are going to talk to me like that, I don't care if you come from a farm or live in a mansion. Money is nothing to me."
He got angry and told me that I am always suspicious of people, and I am the one with the problem, and should just respect what he said to me. I refuse to respect a sharp tongue in my direction for no reason. He refuses to apologize regardless, even though I apologized for bringing up the conversation.
I am ---------------------- this -- close to ditching him all together (because I don't let anyone talk to me in that manner), but we have built a bond, and I don't want to break it. What should I do in this situation?