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Hey everyone,

This is absolutely not diet related but thought you kind folk could maybe give me some advice! Sorry if it's a bit jumbled. Please ask if it doesn't make sense.
So as some of you know, I live in Aus. I came over nearly three years ago with one of my 'best friends', let's call her A and then my other best friend, we'll call her B joined us a year later.
A and B are friends through me and although they get along, they are more my friends than each others. (or so I thought!)

After a few months of the three of us living together, B went on to move in with her BF and myself and my BF moved in with A and her BF who is my BFs best friend. But things went crappy and to cut a long story short, they ended up kicking us out of the flat with no explanation and 2 weeks notice. So since then (Feb) I've cut ties with these people - which I think is more than understandable.

While all this was going on, I also wasn't seeing B a lot and while we were talking on the phone 2-3 times a day, she would make excuses to not come out anymore. I put it down to her controlling boyfriend. After having 2 close friends around me all the time and then not talking to A and barely seeing B, I was getting really quite lonely.

So a few months ago I joined a meetup group for girls looking for friends and met one of my now good friends, lets call her C. C came out one night with B and I and some of our other friends, got quite drunk and I think a bit 'flirty' with B's boyfriend which has resulted in B hating C. B ended up texting me the say after saying 'it's good to make friends but I don't know why you'd want to be friends with that twat that flirts with your friends boyfriend'. I lost my temper slightly with B and messaged her saying something along the lines of (this is about 4-5 month ago now) "I was lonely and wanted to meet new people as you never came out anymore so I'm sorry if you don't like C but I had to make some new friends". I know I went about it totally the wrong way - even if it was the truth. She kicked off at me saying it's unfair, people don't go out as much when they have partners etc etc, so I backed right down and apologised. But all this time later it just isn't the same. At all.

I ask her to meet up ALL the time and she always finds an excuse not to come, sometimes even saying that she's made plans with A and A will be annoyed if she doesn't go with her but then goes with me. I'm still so upset. This was my best friend and now we barely talk and I've seen her twice in probably 6 months.

I don't want to bring it up because it will cause another argument like before and I know she will end up talking to A about it. I'm just so hurt she has basically shunned me from her life to hang around with this other girl who also screwed me over.

I cannot believe she is still punishing me for one silly thing I said :(
Sending ((hugs)) your way Lil! I've been there with friends (long story!) but I think you did NOTHING wrong. You WERE (and are still, by the sounds of things) lonely and you need a support system. But it's hard to let go of friendships, despite their cruddy behaviour.
Thanks Mandy. We never had so much as a minor disagreement before so to go to this is just, well upsetting.
Luckily I have made some good friends now but I have known her for 6 years so it's hard to let it go.
She did message me when I was upset yesterday but aside from that, she hasn't really been a good friend to me at all this year.
A big hug for you :heart: She sounds like hard work so maybe just enjoy your new friends and let her make the contact if she wants. If she doesn't well then the friendship wasn't meant to last. It's sad but it happens.
I just can't help but blame myself because if I hadn't have sent that message and kept my mouth shut it wouldn't have happened :(
Normally I wouldn't condone the behaviour of C, but she was drunk and it was just silly (prodding him in the back, sitting next to him). She's a nice girl so I wasn't prepared to just not talk to her because of that tipsy mistake.
LilSmiler wrote: I just can't help but blame myself because if I hadn't have sent that message and kept my mouth shut it wouldn't have happened :(
Normally I wouldn't condone the behaviour of C, but she was drunk and it was just silly (prodding him in the back, sitting next to him). She's a nice girl so I wasn't prepared to just not talk to her because of that tipsy mistake.


But it probably would have happened over something even sillier later on. That's what I learnt when I had my massive falling out - it's one of those things that will happen regardless of who says what when.

TL;DR version: Not your fault! :heart: :heart:
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