Definitely more of us than them but do know a few of them through work, family partners and long term friends
Dont mind being friends with someone who just happens to support a different football team than me. There but for the grace of god and all that. my mother tells me of her cousins that would have been baptised Catholic and gone to catholic school but for the priest refusing to marry their parents due to the woman not being catholic. From that day forth he swore no child of mine will ever set foot in a chapel. So it was CofS and non-denom school. Had things been different most of my mums side could have been Celtic due to their background and school.
Old and mature enough to look beyond football allegiance as a basis for friendship. Some of the biggest arseholes I know claim to support the same team as me
this is the most rational response i've saw so far
i think the seperation was worse when i was younger as generally back in the 80s you had the their schools and our schools as no one saw them as non denominational back then so i never really knew any of them at all. As I grew older and travelled for a lot of years, did bands gigging for years and our lead guitarist was one of them that i met in colleeg, and one of the nicest blokes i've known to this day
they are for the most part are every bit the same as i was and i remember that being a bit of a culture shock at first when i met him in college as my dad had been quite adamant of his hatred towards them, i mean our passion together was music and we didnt watch old firm together but it was always banter for the most part when i was getting older, especially as we shat all over them for as many years as we did that im only getting the bad side of it this last decade or so
But because we became good friends it meant when getting band members or ppl from my side or his side came in it was more a mix of both sides of support, and apart from a few f**k nuggets (on both sides) it was always mainly the love of music that kept us going. Don't do as much music due to family/kids these days, just on occasion heading up to sit in one of the man caves for a wee strum or the odd recording, but football aside... was zero difference for the most part
either way its been 24 years since we met in college and still keep in touch to this day, gave me a bit of an insight as my dad wanted him kicked out the house when he found out when he came back to mine after college one day, maybe its just my own experience but as the generations go on.. it seemed to be getting better a wee bit but i think it depends on who you meet
edit: in fairness i say the music was a big reason, but i was a big fan of having a toke up until about 11 years ago unil the kid came and that was a big factor in why we were all so friendly for sure