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(56 Posts)
Niobe Mon 01-Jan-18 20:44:50

Good grief, our German Shepherd had better manners than your friend. When we had visitors she would wait a few minutes and then sit looking at the kettle and give a sharp 'woof'. If ignored she would wait then give a few more woofs looking at me then the kettle. Once it was switched on she would settle down and generally ignore the visitor.

lemongrove Mon 01-Jan-18 19:41:31

Doesn’t sound like a friend to me.
Who doesn’t offer a visitor tea and biscuits?

Scribbles Mon 01-Jan-18 19:01:09

It sounds as if you're not really getting anything from this "friendship". In your position, I think I would just let it wither. Don't phone her, don't go round there and, from the sound of it, she'll be too busy playing with her iphone to notice!

Katewrites Mon 01-Jan-18 16:43:42

Thanks,I had thought of taking a flask!

Cherrytree59 Mon 01-Jan-18 14:52:15

Sounds a bit of a one-sided friendship.
I would be wary of any person that had no empathy for my sick friend.
If you do however get any enjoyment out of visiting her I would recommend that you take your own
water/ juice in a bottle.
This will quench your thirst and keep you cool.

Life however is too short to be talked at rather than have a chat with.smile

Katewrites Mon 01-Jan-18 14:27:32

I get invited round by this woman who lives me but often she does not make me a cup of tea and I need a drink if I am talking and the room is hot
.She was swigging water from a bottle once so I asked if I could have some
I phoned her just after Xmas ; when she picked up the phone she immediately began telling me she had got an iPhone and went on for 25 minutes about it without me speaking or saying why I rang her.Then when I mentioned my best friend's husband is very ill, she told me not to think about them.She has lived here all her adult life but grew up in another country.So maybe the customs are different.Sometimes she is ok but basically she talks most of the time.What do you think ?Shall I stop seeing her.She won't come here as she says she hates being in another house