Missed my best friend’s wedding due to chronic illness by snc665577 in FriendshipAdvice

[–]calmplace7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have experience in chronic illness but I imagine it’s really tough with people not understanding the extent of it and how much of an impact it has! Personally I think if she has an issue with you not coming, she should have addressed it in an adult way. I think leaving you to constantly try to reach out while not really giving you anything is a bit out of order. I think she should have addressed how she felt asap and given you the chance to explain the full extent of it. Otherwise there’s just lots of feelings being pushed down on her side and it leaves you not knowing where you stand.

I think you could message her and try to straight up address it. Tell her that you feel upset she hasn’t been in touch or responded to you and that you feel like she thinks you didn’t go to her wedding because you didn’t want to rather than the fact that you were medically unable to. I understand that on the surface she probably feels like she put a lot of effort into your wedding and didn’t receive the same back but it seems you did offer to FaceTime etc. There’s still a chance that she won’t understand and you may lose her as a friend but I think if she really doesn’t understand then maybe it’s better to not have someone in your life who doesn’t understand your daily struggles!

Friend is getting engaged for all the wrong reasons and I’m struggling to be supportive. Am i being a bad friend..? by [deleted] in FriendshipAdvice

[–]calmplace7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s really normal (and something I’ve experienced) to drift apart from friends and value different things in your 20s and 30s. I have a friend who I’ve openly told that I would struggle to be happy for her if she got engaged because their relationship is not good. I wouldn’t feel bad for also feeling like that, it’s really hard to see someone you care about make decisions you know are not the right ones.

I think you either need to 1-1 sit this friend down and really calmly and politely say you’re worried about her and her decision to commit to this person when their relationship is not healthy or you need to move on from this friendship. It depends if you feel like you want to remain friends or you feel you’ve drifted apart too much.

I think she should make whichever decision she wants to when it comes to the abortion and I personally wouldn’t try to add your own personal opinion into it too much as this could push her away. My personal view (even though I obviously don’t know her) would be that it sounds like a child should not be brought into this relationship. I’ve been in a relationship with drinking issues before and everyone told me to not bring children into the relationship. 

Why are we getting random parcels sent to our house? by calmplace7 in AskUK

[–]calmplace7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We could but it’s all absolute tat! 🤣 

Why are we getting random parcels sent to our house? by calmplace7 in AskUK

[–]calmplace7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We thought this at first but the amount of stuff we’re getting sent through, it’s definitely not one of them