I will only onboard close friends in person or on a direct call with them where they will follow my instructions.

When randos who pop into a Bitcoin meetup will listen to me but a close friend is unwilling to spend an hour on it with me, tells me everything I need to know.

In this case it better not to force Bitcoin onto them. They will need to hear about it from someone else. Someone who they take seriously on such matters, which is not you, clearly.

And in such a scenario, your hands are clean.