So my friend had a boyfriend who used her in so many ways. And they’ve been going out on and off for many years (3 or 4 years?) So about a week or two ago he shows up at her house after a few good months and they get back together and now I feel totally betrayed. I helped her get over him and I was even there when she broke it off with him. He is toxic. He does drugs, drinks, and is a compulsive liar to everyone. He has even been in jail. I wasn’t even surprised they got back together after my friend told me he showed up at her house one night. I just feel like all the hard work and good friendship I did was worthless. I was always there for her when she was down about boys and stuff. Now she doesn’t reply to my messages and I feel hurt. It’s like I’m seriously losing everyone. She was my go-to about my problems. We held each other up. Now it’s going away. I don’t know what to do. This is the only place I can go to to tell my stories and what’s happening. I just hope I can actually get one person who will always be there with me, no matter what situation…
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That’s a textbook case of a girl friend-zoning you and using you as the shoulder to cry on. Which might’ve been somewhat ok if she at least remembered how much you’ve been there for her and cared for her.
People are predictable and they follow the same patterns over and over, so in time she will have another fight with this guy again, be used by him again and she’ll come running back to you once that happens.
Have some spine and don’t ever be there for her again. If I were you, I’d completely cut her off. Respect is a two-way street and if someone doesn’t show you any, stop giving it to them.
I’ve dealt with users, ingrates and backstabbers all my life and learned my lesson. I was once the nicest person you’d have known. Now I’m much more of an asshole and I’m very picky with who I help. I also make sure to hit back twice as hard if anyone does me wrong. And it feels good-I might lose relationships but actually I never lost anything because they were never my friend to begin with-a true friend wouldn’t betray or use you and then leave you when they got what they wanted.
I understand as well that you don’t have close friends/that’s something you should work on. Remember it takes time to build relationships and especially trust. You need to be fun/outgoing for people to like you…then you’ll get trustworthy friends. If you’re in a tough bind, then just use the people around you, till you can find better ones.
Thank you and I’ll keep what you said in mind 🙂
You’re welcome. 🙂