Rant/ Vent

*This is long, but needed*
 

 

Sooooo.....

I'm running here to rant/vent to y'all because I don't have anyone to comfortably rant this to right now . And I'm usually someone who keeps things to myself, so this is a better emotional outlet. 
 

So, I have someone I've been friends with since we were around 10 years old, we met in school. We've been friends ever since, our grandparents were friends, we would visit each other every now and then, and we would vent to one another. 
But me, I usually don't say much, that's just my nature and how I go about doing things. She rants, vents to me and I'm always there to listen, support, and be a friend. 
 

Years go by, we're still friends but life has changed because we're growing up now. She has a family to take care of and I have a job and other responsibilities. One of which is to spend time with my friends. I love going out with friends, eating, drinking, and just catching up and having a good time since life is getting busy for us as we grow older. 
Now, this friend started commenting every now and then that I neglect our friendship because I hang out with my other friends. 
She claims that I don't ever want to hang out with her and that I'm always "busy" for her but free for others. 
But get this, now that I work and whatever, I like to plan my days so that I'm prepared for them. 
Usually when she asks to go out it's on a day that I've already scheduled something else. And so, naturally I suggest another time. But she starts to get mad and act like I'm curving her. 
When I ask her to hang out; sometimes she's busy as well or things happen and she cancels, which I get. It's life. That never bothers me and not once have I felt like she was neglecting our friendship. 

About 2-3 weeks ago, I suggested we go out since it's been awhile, she said okey but then later on said she couldn't make it. I was understanding. 
Then , a week after, she suggested we go out and said "You better not have plans to hand out with your other friends."

I told her my siblings and I already had plans, then she left me on read. 
 

About a day ago , I asked her to go out and she said no thanks and wrote how she was mad me and that I always choose other friends over her. But she deleted the chat message before I could read it throughly and reply to it. 
 

Now, I usually don't like to say things like , "Look at all I've done for you." But in this case I feel like I should. 
I've literally been there in her toughest times. Stayed with her for hours and hours making sure she was alright. 
And the first day she directly claimed that I hadn't been a friend to her, I had just been at her house about a week before to visit her and greet her newborn baby after she'd given birth. 


So I'm thinking to myself "is being a friend to her just about going out and spending dollars? Do those moments where I visit her and check up on her not matter?"

(And we've gone out plenty of times (Her & I).

I plan my days ahead of time because life gets hectic and all, if our days and times of availability don't align, is that suddenly grounds for being accused of neglecting a friendship?

I have a few other friends whom we don't talk for weeks and we don't see each other for months, but when we talk, it's all love and comfort, and understanding. Because life gets busy and people can't be on the phone or out drinking every minute. 
 

What's telling though is when she got mad at her other friend for apparently not talking to her as soon as they left a wedding. But I asked her if she checked on the friend either she said no. I asked her if they had an issue and she said no. She was just mad that her friend (who is my friend as well.) wasn't first to text her and stuff. Likeeeee, girly, people don't have talk and hang out all the time. It doesn't mean the friendship is dead. 

huhhhh, anyways. 

So, what does this friend wants for me?

or am I in the wrong here??

 

 

 

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sourytears
#1
True, being friends doesn't mean you have to pause your life in order to be around her, specially in adult life. This amazes me beacuse even if she's demanding your time beacuse she feels lonely, I'm sure she has her own responsibilities. Free time with a full time job is precious, and sometimes we don't even get to rest properly, nor do all the things we would like to do in one day. Maybe she's not understanding you.
Xiuchenniee
#2
If she wasn’t actually always canceling so many times I would understand her situation, feeling alone and neglected, but she’s the one in the wrong here no matter how i look at it. To be fair, you shouldn’t have to go out all the time to have a bond together. Life isn’t perfect and everyone has their excuses. She’s not understanding of your situation, feelings or even the fact she’s causing this friendship to end by her own behavior: what I would do is have a calm thorough conversation with her about it to let out everything in the open. Tell her what bothers you and how you feel while she does the same. If she’s actually a friend worth keeping it will be fixed but it not then just call it a breakup. I know it’s hard to have a friendship breakup but if the relationship is this toxic, then it’s already broken
mandalee
#3
I was reading this and thinking “wow she must think the world revolves around her”. Being a friend is way more than spending time together. I get that maybe her love language is time together but still — being a friend is sometimes about reaching out, understanding each other’s lifestyle and etc.

I had an issue with a friend just recently with a similar situation. I’m not a mean person but like you, I also have to schedule my days because I work a 9-5. I had to tell him: If my time allows, it does and we’ll hang out. But if it doesn’t then it doesn’t. Don’t act like I don’t try when I lay my schedule on the table and you think me being a good friend is you wanting me to change my plans last minute to be with you.

He was also putting words in my mouth about how he said I said I wanted to go to run an errand but I didn’t want him around. In truth, he asked what I was doing and I told him, he wanted to come but I said no need since I know he has other responsibilities. If he insisted he didn’t, I’d be happy to have him around.

Though I realized that it also may be because he has not many other friends. His life revolves around his business and his cat, and he does invest in our friendship a lot so I think he expects me to drop things for him when he demands it. In reality, it’s not supposed to be that way. I’m not meant to feel uncomfy if I can’t “deliver” because he wants time that interlaps with others. It’s not wrong to have other friends, and I invest time to all my friends in an equal manner.

I hope you and your friend work it out though, because if shes a good friend…. good friends are hard to come by!