At Her Birthday Dinner, She Made Her Boyfriend’s Best Friend Cry In Front Of Everyone For Making Her Feel Uncomfortable
This 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend, who’s 22, have been dating for around one year, but his female best friend, Emily, has been putting a damper on their relationship.
According to her, Emily is a constant presence in her boyfriend’s life, constantly calling, texting, and hanging out with him alone.
She’s expressed how uncomfortable that makes her feel on multiple occasions, too, and her boyfriend always insisted they were simply friends.
“But I’ve always felt a bit off about their closeness, especially since he always makes excuses to hang out with Emily rather than spend time with me,” she said.
And just a few weeks ago, things finally came to a head when she overheard a conversation between her boyfriend and Emily. He talked about how lucky he was to have Emily in his life and claimed she was “the one person” who truly understood him.
To her, the discussion didn’t seem purely platonic, and it left her feeling weird. She didn’t confront her boyfriend about it right away, though, and decided to take some time to gather her thoughts.
Then, her birthday rolled around, and she went out to dinner with both her family and her boyfriend’s family. Emily was there, too.
They were all just sitting and having a nice time when, during the meal, Emily made a remark about how her boyfriend was “the best boyfriend ever.”
“And I, out of nowhere, blurted out, ‘He sure is, but he’s also the best at lying to me,'” she revealed.
speed300 – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person – pictured above a young woman sits at a restaurant table with a cup of coffee in front of her
This caused everyone to fall silent, and she went on to call her boyfriend and Emily out for what she’d overheard. Plus, she pointed out the countless times her boyfriend had prioritized Emily over her and how that made her feel.
“My boyfriend was stunned, and honestly, so was I. I didn’t mean to blow up like that, but it felt like the right moment to confront it all,” she admitted.
Her boyfriend’s family seemed super awkward and had no clue how to react. His mother began comforting him and believed she shouldn’t have aired out their business in front of so many people.
Emily, on the other hand, started crying. As for her boyfriend, he kept apologizing and promising it “wasn’t what she thought.”
Regardless, she didn’t really believe her boyfriend, and following the dinner, they barely spoke to each other.
He’s since begun texting her to apologize and asking her to talk through everything.
“But I feel like he’s been gaslighting me the whole time,” she vented.
“So now, I’m stuck wondering if I really overreacted or if it was right to call him out in front of everyone.”
How would you have reacted in her shoes? What advice would you give her?
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