Her Friend Spent Christmas With Her And Was So Rude That She Wants To End Their Friendship
Have you ever had one person single-handedly ruin a holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving?
Believe it or not, it is possible, as one person can easily bring down the vibes. One woman is seriously considering ending her relationship with her friend, who asked to stay with her on Christmas Day and was extremely rude and inconsiderate.
She’s 27 and lives with her husband. Since 2021, the holidays have been extremely difficult for her, as that was the year her young daughter tragically died.
It’s been hard for her to get through the holidays or even talk about babies ever since. This year, her 32-year-old friend asked if she could be with her and her husband on Christmas Day.
“I said, of course,” she explained. “It’ll be nice to have my friend here. The last few weeks, I’d been trying to get an idea of time she [would get] here for the day so I can plan Christmas dinner, but every time [I asked], she said that she didn’t know and it depends on her boyfriend.”
Eventually, her friend finally told her that she’d be over in the morning on Christmas so they could have an early dinner.
She made a bunch of adjustments to have things ready for her friend on Christmas morning, including opening presents with her husband the night before and buying a bunch of food for them to snack on before dinner.
As expected, her friend got to her house early on Christmas morning, and things started off smoothly. They snacked, chatted, and played some games until it was time for her to start dinner.
“As I was peeling potatoes, she announced that her boyfriend was outside,” she recalled.
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“She told me that his plans hadn’t worked out, so she was going to spend the rest of the day with him instead. This really irked me [since] I’d planned our Christmas around her being here.”
Then, just before she was about to leave, her friend told her out of the blue that she was pregnant. She was shocked and painfully had to listen as her friend quickly ranted about how uncomfortable pregnancy was, even though she knew how hard it was for her to talk about babies after losing her daughter.
She held back tears as her friend said her quick goodbyes and was left reflecting on their friendship. While she’d usually be happy about her friend being pregnant, she feels she hasn’t been a good friend recently, and how she behaved on Christmas Day made things worse.
In the past, she’s had to listen to her friend complain about her boyfriend and how much of a jerk he is at any time of day, and now she’s pregnant with his baby and isn’t sensitive to the fact that she lost her daughter and is still grieving.
“I just find it incredibly inconsiderate the whole way it’s gone down, and I’m sick of being her backup for when she’s bored,” she said.
“It absolutely [is awful] to have to let go of a friend, but I honestly don’t see how I can continue this relationship.”
Should she break things off with her friend because of her selfishness or try and find a way to make the relationship work?
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