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[โ€“] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was working for my best friend of 30 years and his business partner. Over the years I begin a relationship with the ex of said business partner. It's all very new and we don't know what it will do but we want to find out

Her ex, the other business partner is a borderline narcissist with psychopathic tendencies so we want to be careful with him.. For one, I'm assuming fairly this will cost me my job if it comes out, worth it.

Either way, I want my best friend to hear it from me, not from the psycho, and in that week I also receive info that my best friend will be dumped and replaced with, well, me.

I have no interest in the position, I also don't want to see my best friend for 30 years ruined, so I so the right thing.

Be a good boy, but not too good.

I tell him that we're starting something and that his job and income are about to go south, so that he can prepare maybe save his job.

He takes exactly 3 minutes to tell my relationship to his business partner which immediately starts a shit storm with more murder threats than I care to remember. He still has his cosy position.

Took the guy a good 3 minutes to dump 30 years of friendship with the garbage. He immediately blocked me everywhere, never said a word on why.

Be a good boy, but not too good. If your best friend is about to drown, I guess let him.

[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No good deed goes unpunished. Also, never provide any info that can be weaponized, like starting up with that guy's ex.

[โ€“] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

He had an argument with my then girlfriend, and stopped talking to me for some reason. We never had any issues or arguments, but he simply won't reply to me or return my calls. After a while, I gave up. We had been friends for about 7 years at that point.

[โ€“] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

He chased a ball into the street.

Whenever I wanted to hang out she was at volleyball practice

[โ€“] zerozaku@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I used to have an online friend who never really texts me first unless I do. Since they're a leftie, I wished them on Happy Left-handers Day and they replied that I don't need to wish them, which I only did to spark some conversation. This put me off and I went "Alr I won't bother texting you ever" and they went "Ok".

Haven't texted them in 3 months, neither did they (as they don't ever). Idk who is the idiot here, me, she or both.

I don't really like ending friendships from my side, so I might text them on her birthday and see how it goes.

[โ€“] ilhamagh@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So trivial lol, maybe both of you are kinda in a petty mood that day.

If it was me I'd probably just ask what went wrong immediately cuz I'm impatient.

I hope you can make up.

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[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What a bizarre reaction to something very innocuous. I knew a woman on FB who thought that "thumbs upping" her comments was somehow offensive. I wrote her off as nuts.

[โ€“] zerozaku@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I knew a woman on FB who thought that "thumbs upping" her comments was somehow offensive.

Online texting/interactions do cause a lot of misunderstanding especially when you are talking to someone who is not very online.

My friend wasn't that simple though, she kept insisting that she didn't care if I texted or not. Now that I think about it, I am not very sure to text her back.

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[โ€“] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 8 points 5 days ago

I let my agoraphobia get the better of me.

[โ€“] Clbull@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

A mutual friend of ours got into an argument with him because he made some new friends at his local pub and was buying pints for them left, right and centre. He took serious offence to the suggestion that they were using him for his money (he got about ยฃ120k in inheritance after his mum died) and cut both of us off, even though I never said anything to him.

I don't want to elaborate on his backstory but he had a lot of mental health problems and past trauma. After a lot of bad things happened a few years ago, he decided that he was done with life and vowed not to outlive his cats. Have tried to talk him out of it but he's set on ending his own life after his cats pass away.

I presume he's still alive, but I can't get in touch with him as he nuked his phone number and blocked me on all socials.

[โ€“] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago

My own dumb actions.

I deserved it. We are on speaking terms now years later at least.

I was weak and lonely and easily susceptible to her boyfriend's advances. We were quite young, early teens.

Joke was on all 3 of us... he hadn't figured out yet that he was gay. Neither had she for that matter. They're both infinitely more happy now. And I'm happy for them.

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
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[โ€“] 01011@monero.town 9 points 5 days ago

His girlfriend at that the time said I was handsome causing dude to become incredibly insecure and petty.

[โ€“] dukatos@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

I ordered some supplements for him, $24 in value. We should have meet when he returns from the trip. He just ghosted me instead. We were friends since 1997. I didn't even planned to ask him for money... Yes, he is still alive.

Back in primary school (end of 1997), my best friend went to a different high school the next year and we never spoke again.

[โ€“] Facebones@reddthat.com 3 points 5 days ago

Best friend of 6-8 years, I went back to work (I had been receiving VA disability) to get my money right to buy a house. He cut me out and everyone followed his will and did the same, because I couldn't hang out EVERY day. Never mind I was trying to buy a house so wed have somewhere to hang out and party that wasnt checks notes his in-laws house.

[โ€“] Wutchilli 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I relfected my own insecurities about my sexuality onto my partner, sadly i didnt realised that they where nonbinary :(

It certainly wasnt the final nail in the coffin but something i still feel guilty about.

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[โ€“] yool_ooloo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago
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