
Jan 03, 2014, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Trippin2.0
I'm sorry you're going through this.
Uhm, very ashamed to say this  but I will reply from a "good jealous" friend's perspective...
I say "good jealous" because I never meant my friend any harm, I never wished ill things upon her or resented her. I never begrudged her anything, I was happy for her, but it magnified the sadness I felt for myself...
I have this friend, we were so close in HS, and even as adults, we kept in close contact even though we couldn't see eachother regularly. Anyway, when I was going through a realllly crappy period in my life; escaped an abusive ex, dad and eldest brother died, and got diagnosed bipolar, I just couldn't handle being her friend.
I found myself jealous for the first time in my life, boy it was highly uncomfortable. Its just that my friend had everything going for her, career, good husband, nice house, and my life had fallen to pieces.... I didn't understand whyyy she had it so good and why I was thrown to the wolves.
So yeah, I withdrew from my friend, not because of anything she had done, but she represented everything I wanted and didn't have. I was also afraid that I would grow to resent her, and that it would show...
Well once I picked up the pieces of my life and felt confident enough to be friends with her again, I let her back in. She didn't even ask for an explanation or an apology, didn't even make me feel guilty for unfriending her on FB... She just sent a friend request at the time I was thinking of contacting her and I accepted. As they say, the rest is history.
Idk her though, so I can't say for sure if her behaviour is anything related to what I experienced and I honestly don't know what you should do besides back off or confront her with a heart to heart talk.
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Thanks for your reply- I can't tell if she's actually jealous of me or not. It's hard to say. Sorry to hear that you went through so many bad things at once! I'm glad to hear that you're doing better now-
Perhaps I should just give her some space for now. It is odd to how she didn't respond to me after I asked her twice if she'd like to hang out sometime soon. The least that she can do is tell me that she is busy or that she can't for whatever reason, but to say nothing is rude IMHO. I have went so far as to offer to pay for her movie ticket at this one inexpensive theatre and I have also suggested that we can just watch a DVD at her place! Still, nothing!
It's possible that she might be busy with a new guy that she's not telling me about. God forbid that she's back with her former "soul mate" who lied to her about numerous things. He went so far as to tell her that he could get her pregnant but that he won't marry her or support the child. Wow, what a catch, LOL! She is really horny now, so I hope that she doesn't give in to temptation. He is a real loser! She tends to loose her head when it comes to guys!
I always tell her to be realistic and to be careful, but she tends to follow her heart usually- She is upset with him still over lots of things, so hopefully she won't get involved with that guy after all of this! Perhaps her diabetes is affecting her now and making her tired. It seems like it is affecting her physically. Hopefully she is not trying to avoid me for whatever reason.
Also, I hope that she isn't jealous of me and avoiding me because of that. Friends should be happy for each other. I'm never jealous of my friends as I think they deserve to be happy. I have a fairly good life even though my marriage and other things aren't perfect. I have it easy compared to some people, so I can't complain to much.
If she continues to ignore me for a long time though, I'll definitely say something along the lines of hey, I haven't heard from you in awhile, would you like to hang out sometime? I miss you. If she keeps blowing me off, then I'll know something is wrong and go from there.
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