Friends, moaning and reactions help

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How do you deal with friends generally? For example when you disagree on something do you make all the correct sympathetic noises and internally eye roll or do you say what you're actually thinking, in a kind way?

I don't think there's a right or wrong per se, just interested

If I’m asked my opinion I give it but answer how I would deal with it rather than telling them how they should deal with it.

If it’s part of a generalised conversation and not the main point of our chat then I kept quiet.

If it’s something I feel should be challenged then I’ll ask them to help me understand the position they’ve taken. For example, a friend was telling her 6 year old boy that he mustn’t hit girls. Later, and out of earshot of her son, I asked why she didn’t say don’t hit anyone and we had a discussion about it.

It's hard sometimes when someone has a problem that they're talking about but they just want to vent or it's clear they're getting in their own way