Thread: I Don't Belong
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Old Dec 22, 2015, 04:26 PM
specialneedsmom specialneedsmom is offline
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Like in my early 20s I worked in an office environment and made a friend "Anne". Well Anne thought I was funny and enjoyed scooting her office chair over to my desk to get some giggles during the workday. Anne also had financial and anxiety issues and appreciated that I occasionally bought a gram of weed for her. Anne also had marital problems and would vent to me because I was a "good listener". To others, it probably seemed like Anne and I were very close friends. But in reality Anne just enjoyed the benefits she got from our "friendship" and I enjoyed having at least one coworker who wasn't passive-aggressive with me at work. And in the end, Anne tried to sleep with my then-boyfriend, orchestrated herself getting let go so that she could collect unemployment and then never called me again.
I know this type of situation, unfortunately, all too well. I got to know a woman a few years ago who would call me on the phone all the time, and cry about her bad financial situation and divorce. I started feeling that I should maybe offer her some money, but then decided not to. However, I got the distinct feeling she was waiting for me to offer her money, I did not. She eventually stopped returning my phone calls and emails. When I was no longer of any "use" to her, she dumped me.