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My best friend has been getting stranger in the recent years. We've made plans to meet up and I've invited her to my house on numerous occasions but she always flakes out last minute and makes the most daftest excuses as to not turn up. Even when I ask her about making plans she always says we will and makes false promises but she never does. So when I try to plan things she always turns the question on me when I ask when she's available and then proceeds to come up with another excuse for not going out. I'm annoyed because we are supposed to be best friends but she never wants to meet up with me and meets up with every random person from sixth form instead (we're in uni now) and she has accused me of things but after confrontation she starts apologising.

She says one thing and does another, we say we're always there for each other but when I send a serious text or bring up a serious topic on the phone - she straight out ignores it and talks about herself instead, acting as if she doesn't believe me or doubting my words.

In the past she has also done this; says one thing ;does another. I remember her birthdays and graduation days along with other important dates but she never remembers mine - when she realised she forgot my birthday she started arguing with me and saying my birthday was on a different day - like wtf?! After seeing me upset she will always always try to bring up a sad story about her family so I feel forced to console her. I don't know what to say and I'm starting to recognise this manipulation.

Then she asks me why she hasn't got any friends left, because she's been ghosted a lot and it's only now I've started realising her true nature. But now she's gone and done it again - everyone around me has told me to stop being friends with her, because all she does is mess me around and there's so much more to this - but I just feel like not messaging her anymore and spend time with my friends that are there for me. What should I do?
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Original post by Anonymous
My best friend has been getting stranger in the recent years. We've made plans to meet up and I've invited her to my house on numerous occasions but she always flakes out last minute and makes the most daftest excuses as to not turn up. Even when I ask her about making plans she always says we will and makes false promises but she never does. So when I try to plan things she always turns the question on me when I ask when she's available and then proceeds to come up with another excuse for not going out. I'm annoyed because we are supposed to be best friends but she never wants to meet up with me and meets up with every random person from sixth form instead (we're in uni now) and she has accused me of things but after confrontation she starts apologising.

She says one thing and does another, we say we're always there for each other but when I send a serious text or bring up a serious topic on the phone - she straight out ignores it and talks about herself instead, acting as if she doesn't believe me or doubting my words.

In the past she has also done this; says one thing ;does another. I remember her birthdays and graduation days along with other important dates but she never remembers mine - when she realised she forgot my birthday she started arguing with me and saying my birthday was on a different day - like wtf?! After seeing me upset she will always always try to bring up a sad story about her family so I feel forced to console her. I don't know what to say and I'm starting to recognise this manipulation.

Then she asks me why she hasn't got any friends left, because she's been ghosted a lot and it's only now I've started realising her true nature. But now she's gone and done it again - everyone around me has told me to stop being friends with her, because all she does is mess me around and there's so much more to this - but I just feel like not messaging her anymore and spend time with my friends that are there for me. What should I do?


You have tried to reach out countlessly to no avail and if she is going out with other people then it appears that she doesn’t see you as a friend and doesn’t value your company.

In this case, I think you should do exactly as you propose at the end: you shouldn’t have to be messaging all the time and not getting proper responses back. It’s not fair on you at all so you should preserve your mental well-being and focus on yourself and the friends who are there for you instead.
Agree with the above, time to minimise/end contact.
Always trust your gut instinct and listen to what your common sense is telling you. :smile:

She doesn't sound anything like a friend.
It's time to stop replying to her messages and avoid all contact with her.
Spend most of the spare time you have allocated for socialising with your real friends and getting to know new people who share your interests & personal values.
Good luck!
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I agree with the others. I had a ‘friend’ like that too and dropping them was the best thing i’ve ever done. If her behaviour really didn’t change at all throughout the friendship, it shows she doesn’t care about you and that she may just consider you as a ‘backup friend’. Keep your head up high OP and do what you think is right.
Just cut the friendship with her. She's clearly using you and doesn't value you. Your better off without her and with your other mates who actually care about you.

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