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What would you do if you somehow ended up being a topic of insecurity in a friends relationship?

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I THINK I would take a long step backward and let them work it out.

Only once did I find myself potentially in that place. I made a very good friend online, a man. He was married. He talked a lot about his wife and family.

I was going to be in their vicinity, and he suggested lunch. I told him to bring his wife. She was someone I would have liked to have as a friend,

I excused myself to use the bathroom and she came too. Throughout our encounter, she had been cordial and relaxed and communicative.But there was … something, caution maybe, and I didn’t blame her. He WAS a prize.

In the restroom I told her that after I met him, it became my goal to find someone who loved me as much as he loved her.

In his first message after that lunch, he asked, “What did you SAY to her?”

“Why do you ask?”

“It’s like a second honeymoon.”

I just told him the conversations between women in bathrooms were ethically confidential.

If I love my friend, the last thing I want to do is cause disruption in his happiness. If he and I wanted each other, we’d be together. It’s not my place to insinuate myself into their relationship. If it works for them, it works for me.
Happens often, even now. My conscience is clear but let them go if thats what they choose
CenterPiece · 36-40, F
It happens to me all the time
Has happened before many times. My best friend is male 😒 it's kind of a given at this point that it's going to happen. We've been friends 16 years.
Younameit · F
Like your friend being jealous of you?
Nanori · F
This happened to me in the worst possible way so I just walked away before I lost any dignity .
Reject · 31-35, M
I would hope that me and my friend couldn’t care less because someone else’s insecurity is not our task. I take care of myself. They take care of their self and ideally, anyone else in our lives can also take care of their self. The only people who can’t are children and the elderly.
MarineBob · 61-69, M
Show them how insecure I am
nobodyishome · 31-35, F
I will just leave
faery · F
I'd stay away and let them find another conduit to channel the instability of their relationship.
caccoon · 36-40
Like how do you mean?
His gf is worried about me being the other girl… 🫠 @caccoon
caccoon · 36-40
@soulrespite ohhhh god. I've had that happen before too

There isn't much you can do. Just hopefully talk to her about it to ease her worries
Roll my eyes. That's like feeling unsafe in a house I didn't lock the doors in while there's a rando walking down the street minding their own business. The insecurity is coming from the inside not from any action I'm taking.

 
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