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My bestfriend is talking to my ex. And it makes me feel bad or idk

Please tell me if I am not just over thinking things.
A bit of context.

We dated for few months. It ended badly. He wrecked the whole squad. Insulted me, insulted her, insulted friends. Blamed her for spreading lies about him ( she even cried because of it ). Made me feel so bad I was actually sick.
But we all decided last year that we have had enough and he was out of our life. We all told him we forgive him for whatever he did. And we are sorry if we harmed him in any way.

He also told me that he liked her at first and would have dated her if she had wanted to.
Which I told her.
And right after we decided that it was over, he posted a lengthy essay on how she was the most important person he met that year using a nickname pertaining to her.
[ he told me it was about me. And his friend told her wtf that was about you I helped him write it ]
Which again, I told her.
I tell her everything.

She just told me she talks to him now because a year passed, and it is alright now and that he was a friend ( they only really knew each other because of me ) and asked me whether it bothered me.
I said that it frankly did a lot, but that I am in no position to tell with whom she should talk or not. To which she replied that she was not asking my approval, just an opinion, because he was a friend and she would be keep up talking to him.

Do I even have the right to feel bad about this ? I don't even feel bad about him.
I just feel really disappointed by her.
Idk, like I feel betrayed for some reason ?
Am I over thinking this and should go for a walk and be less of a drama queen?
Miram · 31-35, F
I think you were used. A friend dating an ex is never a good thing. Never-mind a bestie that was practically involved in your break up.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Miram I thought so, but then I thought I might be exaggerating.
Thank you for your opinion!
Miram · 31-35, F
@ArwenPandora Trust your instinct, always.
Peapod · 61-69, F
It's girl code imho. She is crossing a line, especially since you explained your feelings. Your feelings are not important enough to her.

Time to find another "best friend".
Peapod · 61-69, F
@SuperA Exactly right.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Peapod You are right. That's how I felt disappointed mainly.
How it even crossed her mind.
Thanks a lot !
Peapod · 61-69, F
@ArwenPandora It's like losing both at the same time. I think it's a bigger betrayal when you realize your "best friend" is not really a [i]best[/i] friend at all.
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
There are boundaries you don’t cross. She crossed it.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Keepitsimple I thought as much.
Thank you for your opinion ! 🤗
I’m sorry, but I understand your feelings, and since you’ve made them clear to your “best” friend, if she continues the relationship with him, she wasn’t really your friend. That’s the bottom line. I don’t think it’s [b]ever[/b] a good idea to get involved with the ex of a friend or a family member, because the residual feelings are much too complicated. And there are too many other potential partners out there.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@bijouxbroussard it is hard to accept that.
She really is a very close and dear friend. And she never did anything that caused me harm.
I don't even understand this.
But you must be right.
Thank you a lot for your opinion !
Oster1 · M
That little huzzy betrayed you. She will stab you in the back again. Dump them both. When they are miserable in 6 months or a year, you will have been well on your way to working on you, preparing for Mr. Right and filling out your Registry. Success is the best revenge.

Take the high road. Exude class like you owned the world. In the end, they both will have had second thoughts! Winning!
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Oster1 I don't think I have the strength to completely cut her off. Heck I would hate it if the same happened to her.
I will distance myself however. And keep it at the hi and how are yous and the surface talk.
Thank you for your opinion!
Fernie · F
I was pretty much ok with her talking to him after a year. Then she lost me when she said she was not asking for your approval...just an opinion. I think that was BS. She most ;likely had an ulterior motive for asking you. I just think it wasn't nice. In your life..."best friends" will come and go. Every one will be a lesson. If I were in your place...been there more than once...I would be bothered a LOT thinking they were talking about me...try not to let it take up too much of your time...this will pass
Fernie · F
@Peapod Let's face it...we were idiots in high school when it came to relationships,. "I don't like you anymore...I have a new best friend" I felt the pain of betrayal more than once. I think her ulterior motive was to twist the knife...rub it in. I think she is mean, and your advice.."Time to find another "best friend" is spot on
Peapod · 61-69, F
@Fernie All true. I would never pick those same kind of people in adulthood.

I did have a close friend in later life that thought it was OK to chat with my ex on Facebook, even after telling her I was not OK with it. I was still initiating divorce and she knew all the reasons why. I figured out she simply wasn't the person I thought she was and we went our separate ways. Her talking to my ex was not the reason, but more a symptom that our friendship was no longer working. It happens.
Fernie · F
@Peapod She was no friend. Glad you kicked her to the curb
She being your best friend, I think it’s wrong ... I’m sorry
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Somewhereovertherainbow Thank you for your opinion. I thought I might be thinking too much into things !
@ArwenPandora no, your feelings are totally appropriate...
Lostpoet · M
He's just going to treat her like he did you. He's seems opportunistic to me someone that has to have someone he can manipulate to feel better about himself. I hundred dollars he's telling lies about you and he's telling her how much better she is to be with than you. This guy sounds like a creep to me.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Lostpoet I would not even want that to happen to her, really. She is a good person. And whatever the outcome of this weird " friendship " or whatever I am just feeling really disappointed by what SHE did.
Thank you for your opinion, I needed it !
SW-User
To hell with them both
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@SW-User Ahah, right !
She's not your best friend. 😢 💐
JoePourMan · 61-69, M
You have every right to feel bad about this, she totally betrayed your trust. I would certainly stop telling her everything, because she is not loyal or trustworthy.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@JoePourMan You're right.
I don't know about cutting her off for this because she is a dear friend and we went through a lot.
But I will definitely be more cautious of what I say and not say, and distance myself a lot.
Thank you for taking the time to give me your opinion, it helped greatly!
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
You are NOT "overthinking." You are certainly not being a drama queen. Most women would feel pretty much as you do. Listen to your feelings.
curiosi · 61-69, F
All sounds perfectly normal to me. Both of you. You are upset and I would suspect she is feeling lonely and he is available.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@curiosi I guessed it. But I don't know. I would not trifle with a friend's ex, who did a lot of bad things, including to me. Even if I was feeling particularly lonely or needing attention...
I don't really know. Maybe it isn't really that bad.
Thank you for your opinion ! 🤗
curiosi · 61-69, F
@ArwenPandora Many don't handle their life in a constructive way. Sometimes all we can do is look out for ourselves and allow them to learn in their own way.
Oster1 · M
Here’s another great little trick. Be sure to send her a nice and truly sincere Thank You card! Spanks a little hussy, like nothing else!😁
REMsleep · 41-45, F
Your friend is not thoughtful of your feelings. I think that she is being uncaring. He was an ex so he doesn't owe you anything. If she is a true friend then she is the one that owes you her honesty and loyalty.

She is not treating you how she would want to be treated and she is too blinded by "love" or infatuation to see it. She is not necessarily wrong but its definitely not nice.
Be careful of other girls because they usually always choose men over their friends.
I would distance myself from them because this is toxic for you.
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@REMsleep If he were a close friend of her, that she knew since before I honestly would not have cared.
But it is not the case.
And that's the thing. Something happened with her ex and I did my best to stand by her side.
So now I kind of feel dumb...
I will consider distancing. It is highly toxic indeed.
Thank you for your opinion, it helped greatly!
Quetzalcoatlus · 46-50, M
Ya it’s kinda fucked up
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@Quetzalcoatlus Ahaha, highly
ArwenPandora · 26-30, F
@lovelywarpedlemon Wise words !

 
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