AIBU is questioning this friendship? I’ve known this lady over thirty years. We live in the same town. Going back some years, we saw each other regularly, usually on days off, at each other’s house, or out for coffee, or days out. We were quite close and I often felt she ‘bent my ear’ but thought that’s what friends are for.That contact has tailed off over the years. our circumstances are similar now, in that we both work very part time from home and have a fair amount of free time. We are very different personality wise but that seemed to almost compliment the friendship. In the past, I’ve helped her out in dramas and crises and feel I've supported her when times were hard. I was very ill some years back and to my surprise, she didn’t visit, call, or make any contact or attempt to help in even the tiniest way, even though she knew how ill I was, and yet other friends and acquaintances spontaneously bent over backwards. She did call me six months later and we met up again....and since then, she disappears off the scene-then pops up with an email or phone call, always lamenting the fact that she hasn’t seen me for so long and yet when I suggest dates to meet up, or have contacted her, she is apparently hardly ever free...She never acknowledges my birthday now, even though we always have .I know this can sound petty but I really wonder if she’s just using me. There is a ten year age gap between us and I keep thinking she just wants me around should she be in need in her old age...and doesn’t really want a friendship as such. In which case, I’m not sure how I feel about things. ? It seems a shame to not keep in contact when we go back so far, but I don’t want to be taken advantage of. She is in her 70s now...and I’ve noticed, can be forgetful, and have also wondered if its just getting old.. Sorry for such a long, muddled up post....ranting on...and happy for any thoughts, thank you.
NEVER EVER HAVE I - Game 2 (Alphabetical)
Angela Rayner lashes out and calls Sunak “pint sized loser”.