Her Childhood Friend Accused Her of Being A Beggar For Living At Her Ex-Husand’s House After She Was In A Hit-And-Run, Drained Her Savings, Lost Her Job And Her Old Apartment
This 29-year-old woman and her ex-husband Carter, who is 27, got divorced about four years ago. She was totally blindsided, too, since Carter initiated the separation.
“I thought we had a very happy marriage,” she recalled.
Then, over the last year, she suffered a lot of turmoil. First, she was in a hit-and-run and wound up hospitalized. Her insurance also didn’t cover much of the costs, and the police never found out who was responsible.
So, she eventually drained her savings to cover her medical bills. On top of that, she couldn’t live in her old apartment anymore since she was no longer able to physically climb five flights of stairs. Finally, she did have a job, but she was recently let go.
Everything in her life was falling apart, and she was seriously struggling.
In the midst of it all, she and her ex-husband did not keep in close contact. However, he eventually reached out to her, learned about what was going on in her life, and offered for her to live in a spare bedroom at his house.
She didn’t really have any other options, either, so she took Carter up on the offer. She tried to pay him rent, but he refused to take any money from her. He also already had a cleaning lady completing the chores, so she just cooked for him sometimes.
Since moving in with her ex-husband, she claims that things have been “okay.”
“He’s very chatty and bubbly, and if I close my eyes, I can pretend we’re friends again, and we never took the leap into a relationship and a divorce,” she explained.
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Ever since her childhood friend Claire got involved, though, she’s started to feel ashamed of her current situation.
It all began when Claire gave her a call to “express sympathies” about how she couldn’t find her own place.
While on the phone, she revealed how she was currently living with her ex-husband.
At that point, Claire insisted on coming over because all three of them used to be friends, and when she got a divorce, Claire refused to take her or Carter’s side.
Anyway, once Claire showed up, her friend started claiming that she was stuck in a bad situation.
Then, after she admitted how she didn’t pay rent, her friend only kept going.
“Claire said that his pity would end and asked if I wanted to be a beggar for the rest of my life,” she revealed.
She was obviously taken aback by that and told Claire that she was not a beggar. Regardless, Claire threatened to tell the rest of their friends, and she begged her friend not to do that.
Still, Claire just didn’t get it and claimed that if she didn’t think she was doing anything wrong, then she shouldn’t care if their other friends found out.
“I feel humiliated and ashamed. I have been avoiding Claire,” she vented.
Nonetheless, Clarie reached out to her again yesterday and only doubled down– accusing her of being emotionally manipulative and childish for not speaking with her friend.
So now, she’s been left wondering whether avoiding Claire after getting called a beggar for living at her ex-husband’s home in a time of need really makes her childish or not.
Isn’t it obvious that she needs support right now? Why do you think Claire was being so judgemental? Does it seem like Claire is a true friend or not? How would you feel in her shoes?
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