I totally understand that it's unfair to drop her like a bad habit if I haven't explained to her why I don't want to be her friend anymore. She sent me a message online, with her explanation. In this message she continued to blame my parents and Sarah for her behavior.
I calmly replied, saying that I was upset by her actions (and said the specific actions), and that nothing she spoke of could justify them. She told me she thought others were influencing my opinion of her and I didn't have the whole story. Of course, at this point, I'm the ONLY one with the whole story. And I'm more than capable of making my own choices.
She hasn't accepted responsibility for her behavior. And I don't think she can because she doesn't understand. She can't realize she's in charge of her behavior. I've seen it in her little sister, as well. I DID get an apology, but her words were, "I'm sorry, okay? Everything was my fault. I just don't want to fight." A surrender.
She's constantly complaining to other friends that I won't give her a reason for my ignoring her. In truth, I HAVE given her precise reasons. She apparently doesn't want reasons, she wants an argument. Something she can defend.
About the thing where I'm talking about her... I think I have a right to. After all, I've lost a friend here, as well. Everyone seems to forget that she's the one who upset me in the first place. I don't ask for pity, but I think I should at least be able to share what I think with others. She can express whatever she feels about me, too, just so long as she isn't outright lying, like she did to the two friends I spoke of.
As for the resolution you mentioned... I've told her I don't want to resolve it, I don't want to talk to her, and for her to say she was going to come down to my house... The communication is unwanted on my part, unneccessary to me, and it would only fuel her fire.
I've had many issues with her in the past, and I've found that it really doesn't matter what you say. She just needs you to say something. I don't care if I never speak a word to her again.
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A life all mine
Is what I choose
At the end of my days...
-The Gathering, "A Life All Mine"
The Bite-Sized Truth
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