On the edge of breaking apart

Like this is really really personal and normally I wouldn't share it in my virtual life but it's really late now and my supposedly real life friends are all sleeping and such and I am still crying so I just really want to get this rock off my heart.

So you know that feeling you have, when you care about your friend a lot a lot but she doesn't pay you the same amount of respect that you pay her. I've been getting that feeling frequently lately, you can call me an attention seeking if you'd like but it's just how I feel. My friend and I got into a fight just a few days ago, there was another fight a week ago but I forgave her the moment she said sorry since I am a wimp. This one though I don't plan to end it that easily since I really want her to understand what I am feeling. And I am not the kind of person to be straightforward so this was the way that I choose to make her learn the lesson, yes that means I am giving her the silence treatment.

Silence treatment is kind of a way of meditating for me. I have slight anger management issues, not the normal kind but the kind that I let everything bottles up inside of me and then my heart does this weird thing like it actually hurts a lot, I am not even exaggerating here, then it eventually gets let out like a nuclear bomb, the extra nuclear kind, am I even making sense right now? So by giving her the silence treatment I want her to learn how to respect me, just a tiny tiny bit more would be nice, and for me to meditate so my anger isn't as bad as before.

It was really hard to do because she's basically everywhere, on tumblr, on twitter, and even here on AFF. I was debating whether or not to remove her as a friend because I needed to post this blog post and I don't really want her to see it but considering that she's a very sensitive person I decided not to. I suddenly felt like I just let her in every part of my life, and I felt guity too because I felt like even my best of all best friends isn't like what her and I are like - having each other as friends on every social network sites we own. I can't stop thinking about this issue because her username appears everywhere I go and I started sleeping more, which is bad because well, school is starting soon.

Her friend... well, our mutual friend, but I'd like to refer her as "her friend", or let's call her friend B so we don't get messed up, messaged me again on Facebook to have a chat about this. Last time we did friend B said she wouldn't take sides and I was really grateful even though I could feel her hinting that I should just forgive that friend of ours first. I appreciate her trying to hide it as much as she could so I didn't say too much of my opinions either, which is still a lot... yes I have a lot of opinions about things. This time she didn't try to hide anything. Basically in every sentence she was repeating the same thing "forgive her" "just step down first." The whole point of this was to let that friend of ours learn a lesson, so I told friend B and that I don't want to do so until she learned that she has to respect her friends too. I knew that friend B felt the same about it because that friend makes her mad at times too, and we both know it. Still friend B kept trying to tell me to forgive her. Don't get me wrong, friend B is a wonderful friend, to her, but not for me. You know why? because it's pretty obvious that she took the other person's side now. It was upsetting for me because I just really needed someone who is willing to take my side or not take sides at all to listen to my rants. Friend B told me that the friend is too "airheaded" and she needed people to spell things out for her many times, I told her that it was exactly what I was doing, the silence treatment is pretty obvious isn't it? Friend B said that that wasn't what she meant. Then she told me that I should stop being nice to that friend, because it obviously isn't getting anywhere. I know she was probably right about that, but the way she said it straightforwardly was shocking, she completely flipped my morals in almost everything. I'll put it in a better way to understand for you guys, it basically felt like (to me at least) waking up one day and having the society tell you that stealing is okay, that killing is okay. I didn't know how to respond so I simply told her "you're confusing me, and you're conflicting yourself too."

I mean I tried to be strong, really I did. Although I think that by now you guys probably think of me as a whiny little crybaby, and to tell the truth I'd be delighted to be called that. Why? Because I am a freaking baby! for gods sake my friends are all either a year or a two older than me. I appreciate friend B taking her side and babying her but she doesn't realize that I am the one who needs the babying and I am the one who is the youngest and I am the one who is the least mature. According to friend B I don't show it, I act too mature and too kind and I basically bought this whole suffering to myself. Of course she didn't say it that way, I am just being overly dramatic and this is the way I view it. She may or may not realize what huge impact her words have on me. To the point that I couldn't take it anymore so when she told me that it's better if we talk face to face and not over messages I replied back that no thank you because I am already crying right now so it doesn't make things better if I end up making a fool out of myself in front of you. Then I wrote this post... It's hella long and I know that most people aren't even going to read it, but if you actually read till this point I just want to say thank you. It's good to think or feel that someone is here to listen right now. I don't know if I want that friend to read this or not, I have a feeling of what she will feel when she reads this (not positively) but right now I couldn't care less because when does she ever reads anything? My fanfics that I asked her to read? Never. Her fanfics that she asked me to read? I read them all the time.

This is probably the most dramatic thing that had happened between my friends and I in five years. The fact that I am crying so hard right now and with no one in real life to share with this instant is just really bitter.

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Hunhan_HisStory
#1
U know the very first step u could do is to at least tell her all this stuff u keep inside. Like u said, ur friend is an airhead, she sometimes doesn't even know y u r mad at her... second of all, I agree with friend B, u should talk things out with her. It's time for the two of u to have a long serious conversation, not about kpop but about all the personal stuff. Maybe it will help if u start replying to her message on fb or even her text.
Eunlulumint
#2
bambi oppar huhuhu sayang sayang bambi pls dont cry okay i will fly to canada if i can laa but sadly i cant &&& hugs you i love you im here for u okay u can always come find me ((on twitter im there 25/8)) hehe eventho im younger than you okay i love you okay pls do u want me to sing for you huhu but every friends are precious dont lose her u can try talk to her pft im giving advices dont listen to me //gives virtual hugs and kisses hehe there there
dojorockergirl
#3
*hugs tight and gives cookie*
ChocoXOXO #4
/pats you on the head and hugs you/ im sorry, feel better, im not going to write a huge paragraph telling you that its okay, but theres nothing really i can do to help you, welp, aff is like a big family, rant whenever you want on here, ill always be here to read your rant n_n
pipoomica
#5
Well, that's quite the issue. I never really had this kind of problem with my friends but I can tell you this: if your friend doesn't respect you as much as you respect her, maybe she might not be a good friend. Now I know that I shouldn't be saying that since I'm just someone from the sidelines but maybe you should have a nice little chat and get everything off your chest. It's not good for your health if you keep everything bottled up. Seriously, you could end up getting really stressed out and I don't want that to happen to you.

Hope you feel better after getting this off your chest c:
xXRockxHeartXx
#6
I'm sorry about all of this Bambi unnie. I wish I could be there to help. I know how hard is it to bottle up your feelings and then it all comes rushing out like a nuclear bomb, lately it's been happening a lot to me. Looking at the situation, I think you and your friend need to actually sit down and talk this through thoroughly. If she doesn't listen and she can't see that you're in pain because of her amd she doesn't even take the time to find out what's bugging you, then that's not true friendship. You guys might be friends on ever social networking site, but that doesn't give you an emotional connection of real friends. A true friend would be able to tell when one is in distress, and if she can't do that, you either need to sever ties with her or have a serious talk with her. I'm not the type of person to be straightforward either because I expect too much of people to know how I'm feeling (terribly mistake and habit) and because I just feel terrible hurting people, but I've learned that sometimes it's what you have to do.
cassiopeianELF
#7
i don't know if it's a good thing or not but I got used to it with a few of my closest friends... its funny how they are the ones seem to care the least about your feelings while friends that aren't so close to you are more considerate.

There's this girl that I've been friends with for 11 years. We've grown further apart now but we still "have each other's backs." The thing is, I always feel like I do more for her than she does for me. She has a BF that her parents don't know about and whenever she asks me to go somewhere with her, we always end up hanging out with his group of friends. Most of us go to the same high school but I don't hang out with the same crowds as my friend, so i can't relate to most of the things they talk about. Every time I just end up sitting at the side like a ghost or when things get too uncomfortable I move away and sit by myself. This had happened again last night when we went out for starbucks. What was worse was that they wanted to walk to a party 10 mins away and I really didn't want to go, not only cuz of the people there but because there was going to be alcohol and drugs and stuff. An old classmate from elementary school even called my friend trying to convince her to go and she was obviously drunk already. I've never gone to such parties and my friend knew that but she was still about to drag me there with her. I'm so thankful that the path there through the woods was muddy and one of the guys loved his shoes to much to go so we ended up staying at the coffee shop. The trip I though would take maybe 30 mins or at most an hour ended up making me stay until almost midnight :/

In her defence though, I know she's just trying not to let her boyfriend down and when I really need her, I know she will be there for me. Everyone has problem with their friends and if you think that the silence treatment is the only way she'll understand then go for it. but I hope you guys will talk it out later and everything will be alright. Hwaiting!
eunhaeshipper15 #8
I do the exact same thing with the bottling and so I somewhat understand what it's like to blow up, per say. It's really hard to deal with situations like this because there are many instances of frustration, confusion, and just wishing that this all would sort itself out. Now, I know the silent treatment it what you do to help cool down and give the other person some time to think. And that's what was very interesting to me. Since I blow up a lot too, it seems that it always fixes itself the next time we see each other because we've had time to think it over and mutually forgive the other. It doesn't take much to get fired up, and I assume it's the same or similar for you. I usually take that into account when I'm reflecting.I think about what they did wrong, and what I did wrong. The fact that you're crying and it came to the point that you had to tell someone and it's was us, shows the effect of this whole fight. Even if I did know what was happening in a deeper perspective then I still wouldn't pick sides because whenever someone does that it hurts the other person. I want you to know that along with the rest of your AFF family and whatnot, that I'm here for you and so are a bunch of people. I mean just look below! We're all here and some even wrote longer paragraphs. I'm sorry if this is just a bunch of word vomit, but I hope I helped in some shape form or fashion.
exo-zone
#9
Cheer up unnie!!! I'm not good at responding to personal problems ;_; but every friendship has its own problems so dont you worry! Even if she decided to stay with the attitude, you still have us here! You still have your family and other friends who's a lot better than her. Sorry if im not making any sense, i just want you to feel better :( dont cry bambi unnie, or luhan will get you!! :D
Nashkyu #10
Wow.... it must be real hard for u !!!!
I dont kno how I can comfort u but all zat I can say is that telling her everything u've been enduring might actually work out things between urself ...
For a friendship to work both parties need to trust n confide between zemselves n mostt importantly must try their best to be zer for each other !
I've been through this once so I can relate to you "-"
It was really hard not talking to my bestie for a week but I decided to take matters in my hands n tell her my real thoughts >~<
She understood my situation and promised to try to make zis friendship work imstead of me having to do all z work .
Since wenever things were rocky between us , we have some truth time to solve the problem.
Chomochan
#11
its alright just let it all out and you'll feel better! it seems like a lot of us here arent really great at comforting people including me hehe.
i have friend who is exactly like your friends but she isnt really my best friend. Honestly im a lot like friend B who would forgive and forget the problem... and of course that changes the whole relationship cause deep inside it feels like your being played with and it seems like your not as important to that friend as you think because you feel like you the only one who is thinking the problem through.

if you really want to fix this i dont think the silent treatmeant would work, i mean it shows hint that you two arent in good terms right now but that would make you two drift part from each other. why dont you try with a text message saying points that you think would make her over think her actions but not making it seem like you actually dislike her?

just like i said i am not good at comforting people but i thnk you should talk to her and not just ignore her, its better to fix this before it develops into anything big that will result to both of you not speaking to each other anymore and contsantly ignoring each other, basically you will drift apart further than you think if you dont speak out the problem head on.

cheer up! :) its going to be alright! a lot of people here are supporting you >.<

( sorry if that didnt make sense and stuff... i havent been speaking straight english for 3 days now hehe)
kpop-maniac
#12
That happens to me all the time. I'm the one to keep quiet about everything, I stay silent, I stay mute, I don't say anything, THEN I ING EXPLODE. Bambi Unnie you reached that limit you get when you just can't take things anymore, you crack. I don't blame you. You deserve better friends, because stress and depression at this age can't be safe. I know a lot have been saying this, but believe me, I do feel your pain, because I've been through it a lot. One of the tips that helps instead of the silent treatment is that should cut off all your connections with this B friend of yours. Sensitive or not, she should rather see you as you truly are. When you start ignoring her calls and messages, it will help her realize how much she actually missed you and how much she's willing to have you back. It hurts, unnie, I know it will, but you should do so. My friend did the exact same thing to me, and im dying down there. Try your best to just relax and analyze this dilemma simply, it will help you think straight-forward and know the solution for this. If she really wants this friendship to continue, she'd do the impossible to get it back on peace. I hope this will get better, because I know how hard and depressing it is. Trust me, I got this in a young age, and it helped me realize that not everything is at it seems.
Coldsun1996 #13
I really don't know what to say i mean i can't tell you its ok cause its hurt to fight with some one you love and its hurt more when you cry alone whithout anyone to hug you ..
But I'm telling its going to be ok i wish i was there to hug you and just listen to you :)

I'm sorry for my bad english :)
amusuk
#14
*huggles you*

I feel ya, deer. You and I are alike for that "boiling anger in the inside" XD

I don't have the right to say anything about your RL problem, so I just hope you'll get better and your friend will learn her lesson. Just make sure you don't lose her, every friend is precious, no matter what kind of people they are.
Holdm3up
#15
Let me hug you hun.
I can actually understand you and what you are going through right now, just that I don't do anything about it.
I let people use me and take advantage of me and then throw all the tiny respect I've built for them down the cliff. ( I'm not trying to make this as " you shouldn't be sad at least you have friends who care" I'm NOT) I guess I can see myself in the you a little bit and the part with the nuclear bomb got me really well and I'm happy that I'm not alone feeling that way ♥ *hugs u again*