So I had (yes, had) this friend. She was a best friend, actually… we’ll call her B. She’s 2 years younger than me, but she has a baby and is married. Her husband (that’s so weird to say since they’re so young) is on my boyfriend’s wrestling team, and they were roommates their freshman year. So B and I became close, we’ve even made a road trip out to Iowa together to surprise the boys for Valentine’s Day, used to talk and text all day everyday, and I’ve been to her home (when she lived in her hometown, in Indiana) and all that… so yeah, we were close.
So this past summer, my boyfriend was here to spend the week of my 21st birthday with me, and during that week, B calls me and tells me she has a question but she wants to ask me when my boyfriend isn’t around. Ok…weirdness, but whatever. So some time later that week, I was out driving from work (alone) and she called and asked her question. B wanted to know if my boyfriend has ever smoked weed with her husband.
*record scratch*
Backtrack: B’s husband supposedly never drinks, smokes, or does any freakin wrong in the world. My boyfriend smokes weed. It bugs me, but that’s a whole ‘nother blog post. Anyway, a few months before B asked me this, my boyfriend had indeed told me that after a big argument between B and her husband, husband needed to get out of the house and cool off, and ended up partaking (for the first time) in the recreational activities, if you know what I mean… but boyfriend asked me to swear not to tell B, because we all knew she'd flip out. So I swore.*back to July*
So when B asks me this, I play it off… I say “I don’t know, have you asked -boyfriend- about it?” and B says. “No, but hey I gotta go. I’ll ttyl”… we get off the phone. I haven’t spoken to her since.
I found out later that B's husband came clean and told her about what he'd done. I mean he had to. I'd never mentioned it to anyone, my boyfriend wouldn't, and no one else in the world knew.
Now since we’re all grown here, I’ll admit that once I realized I’d been kicked to the curb, my feelings were seriously hurt. I don’t have too many real friends, so the ones I do have mean a lot to me. B was one of them. My feelings are still kinda hurt, but what I want to know is, am I wrong for not telling her the truth? Who does my loyalty belong to? My man, even though he was in the wrong for corrupting B’s husband, or B since we were supposed to be best friends? I was stuck between a rock and a hard place, and I didn’t even put myself there! I was upset because I never asked about what B’s husband and my boyfriend did that day. Boyfriend volunteered this information to me. The upsetting part was that I lost a friend and I felt guilty because yes, I had lied to her…but I was also upset that I’d been forced into that situation. (Boyfriend has been
Even now, boyfriend has told me that B’s husband has smoked with him more than once (which I’m just learning) and last night they were all drinking with other members of the team after a tournament. So that’s another blow to me, because apparently B has no problem with my boyfriend still hanging out with her husband, in their house and everything…yet she can’t even speak to me long enough to tell me that she isn’t speaking to me anymore. Her husband is still doing his thing, (although I'm not sure if B knows or not), and she's fine with it. My boyfriend still hangs out at the apartment with B and her husband. She's fine with it. I'm the only one left out in the cold, and I wasn't even an eyewitness or a willing accomplice to the situation. Thoughts?
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I think it's ridiculous that she doesn't speak to you anymore and especially so when A.) her husband is still doing it and B.) she's fine with your boyfriend after the fact.
ReplyDeleteI don't think she should have put you in the middle of it to begin with...
She's a married woman and if it's something she wanted to know about her husband, she should have asked him directly.
Of course, I think you should have told her that upfront.
Sure she probably STILL would have been mad but at least there would have been no need to lie about it.
Yeah, I do regret lying about it, because I'd hate for the shoe to be on the other foot, however I'd be discussing the matter with my man, not with everyone else! That's another thing that pissed me off! If he's already admitted to you, on his own free will, what's the purpose of asking around about it?? SMH...
ReplyDeleteIt says you haven't spoken to her since, but have you tried to talk to her? Maybe she's hurt and you gotta extend the olive branch (is that the right symbol I'm thinking of? lol).
ReplyDeleteI think there was some immaturity on her part (why ask for an answer you already know) but that's probably because she was hurt that he did the ish in the first place and she didn't like being the only one who didn't know. That being said, she's human, and not perfect. And if it really matters to you, I say try and talk to her.
If she isn't responsive wellll there isn't much else you can do about it. Chalk it up to the game and keep it moving. lol. good luck :)
No, Selah, you hit it right on the head lol... I haven't tried to talk to her, and even though I blame my boyfriend for the bulk of this, he's also asked me "Why don't you just talk to her"...and I don't really know why. I just haven't....
ReplyDeleteActually, scratch that. I know why. My pride was hurt a little, I guess the fact that I was ultimately responsible for choosing whether or not I'd lie or not if B ever asked me about the situation. I chose to lie, and you're right. I'm pretty sure that's what hurt her. Maybe one day I'll swallow my pride and talk to her. I've come close before, but I always back out. I have her number, so it's not as if anything but pride is keeping me from contacting her. SMH...lol. Damn Leo pride.
Like my new favorite Jay Z song "On To The Next One." I can't be bothered worrying about someone who can't even communicate their problems with me. Then again, I'm a loner by nature.
ReplyDeletePshhh I feel like Dr. Phil. Or Oprah. Definitely not Tyra tho. LOL.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I say go for it. Pride is a mutha - but you shouldn't let it get in the way of a real friendship. I lost 2 friends this year over some bull, but I can say I tried everything I could to remain friends. Since them heffas wasn't with it, I'm not trippin. I know I did what I could.
They still some heffas tho. lol.
Yeah, there's been times when I said eff that b, I'm on to the next lol (really tho!)...
ReplyDeleteand pride is a mutha...so I guess I have some self-evaluating to do, huh Dr. Selah? Lol