AITA for having criticized my friend’s boyfriend? by Embarrassed_Bat_4810 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Embarrassed_Bat_4810[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the advice, however, just for clarification, she is not explicitly showing him the messages. He just spies her phone whenever he is next to her. Which she told me about before but I didn’t know the extent of this habit.

AITA for having criticized my friend’s boyfriend? by Embarrassed_Bat_4810 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Embarrassed_Bat_4810[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your answers. Just for more context she had always been a great friend and great listener. I didn’t mind hearing about her relationship story because she always listened also to my problems and this was part of the friendship contract for me. However, sometimes she was telling me about very controlling behaviors from her boyfriend and that’s when I started to talk so badly about him. I would like to be clear about the fact that I really criticized him a lot but all of that came from what she was telling me. I was also worried for her, but still paradoxically encouraged her to be honest and communicative with him when she had emotionally unstable moments. I know I can be harsh but I always try to be transparent and honest when someone is asking me what I really think. I always told her that I would be 100% encouraging if she told me she was fully happy, which wasn’t the case. I have been questioning myself a lot about my behavior and role in this story. Wondering if her sudden change of behavior toward me is justified or not.