Her Stepsister Melted Down Over The Friendship Bracelet She Got With Her Best Friend
Have you ever felt closer to a best friend than you have a sibling or stepsibling?
One teenager is unsure of what to do after her stepsister has revealed to be super jealous of her relationship with her best friend, to the point where she doesn’t want her to wear her friendship bracelet anymore.
She’s 16-years-old and has always been extremely close with her childhood best friend, Summer, who’s also the same age. They’ve known each other since they were two years old and have stuck with each other through hard times.
“When we were about eight, Summer’s mom took us to get these really cute friendship bracelets,” she explained.
“They’re real jewelry, not the kid kind. They were a little big for us back then, but we did grow into them perfectly.”
She wears her friendship bracelet all the time and deeply cherishes it.
Six years ago, her dad married her stepmom, and she gained a stepsister, Elizabeth, who is also 16. While she and Elizabeth get along, she never grew very close to her. However, Elizabeth always wanted them to be closer and have a strong relationship but had a bad way of expressing those feelings.
Instead, Elizabeth grew increasingly jealous of her relationship with Summer over the years.
“Elizabeth doesn’t have many friends, and I don’t think any of her friends are actually close,” she said.
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“They’ll hang out sometimes, but they are never there for each other, and they don’t hang out all that often or act much like friends in general. I think that might be why Elizabeth has so much focus on us being sisters. I don’t mind being around Elizabeth, but she and I could never be as close as me and Summer.”
Things got worse last year when she started having issues with her asthma and had to stay home from school more often. Elizabeth thought that meant they’d spend more time together, but Summer still goes to their house to see her.
The other day, Elizabeth had a bit of a meltdown over her friendship bracelet while Elizabeth’s grandparents were over. Elizabeth had been telling her grandparents they were super close, so when they saw her friendship bracelet, they thought Elizabeth had a matching one.
When she explained that it was a bracelet she got with her friend Summer, Elizabeth said she shouldn’t always wear it. Then, she said that the two of them should have matching ones instead.
“I told her Summer is my BFF, though, and we’ve had these since we were little kids,” she recalled.
“Elizabeth said she doesn’t care, and it’s wrong for me to wear it when I know how she feels.”
Since their confrontation, Elizabeth still has childish outbursts over her bracelet and friendship with Summer. It’s gotten to the point where her stepmom has had to have talks with Elizabeth, telling her she’s allowed to have her own friends.
Because of all the commotion, she’s been wondering if she’s a bad person for continuing to wear the bracelet against Elizabeth’s wishes.
Is she being mean by continuing to wear the bracelet, or should Elizabeth learn to deal with it?
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