My friend is not my friend

Hi everyone, I'm just putting this out there because something someone said upset me today.

A girl who I thought was a friend of mine, (and I used to think was a very nice person) was talking about her job (she's a dinnerlady in halls) and I casually said "oh right". I'd applied to be one, but had since found a better job though she didn't know this. She immediately blurted out "you're bitter" and then went "oh I didn't mean that" and made a rambling apology.

I laughed it off as it's so petty, but it has stuck with me as I get the impression that's the kind of person she thinks I am-"bitter". Now I think about it she speaks to me in a really condescending way sometimes (mostly because she's misinterpreted things I said like today) and I feel as though she doesn't actually like me that much, or thinks I'm weird, or a bit slow.

I know the stress of exams is affecting people strangely, so I guess I just wanted to know what you all think.
Thanks :smile:

Reply 1

Angrybanana

She sounds like an idiot, I can't imagine why not being a dinnerlady would inspire anyone to be bitter, it's not exactly a prestigious sought after job :s-smilie:

Reply 2

Tag

next time she gets her bitchiness out, casually say in a rather patronising way
'Oh the other day when you thought I was bitter that you got that ob, I wasn't, I got an offer for a better job so I took that one. That's probably why you got the job I would have had. But I didn't want to say anything about you being stuck with the crap job because I didn't want to hurt your feelings.'