Your comfort is paramount. Peace!
In social situations where you’re being rubbed the wrong way, it is fine to leave with no excuse. Life is too short to put up with assholes in your free time. Feel offended? Get your coat. If the discussion turns sexist, racist, or otherwise disgusting, you must remove yourself. There will be no polite nodding coming from your direction, there will only be your overturned chair and your speedy departure. (If heated debates turn you on, have at it, but I do not recommend engaging the intolerant.) What will they think if you bounce? They’ll probably think you don’t want to be their friend, which you don’t, so mission accomplished.
Today remind yourself: My comfort is paramount. Peace!
