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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recently started a tiny business with my brother and DH. It’s really just a hobby/side hustle that I hope we can grow into something that makes some money but we don’t know if that will happen.

I briefly mentioned it to a close friend in passing, and she immediately launched into a monologue about all the reasons why I’m approaching things incorrectly and why she doesn’t believe our “business” will be successful. I tried to change the subject but she was like a dog with a bone.

I told her I don’t want to discuss this with her anymore. And now she’s apologizing “for giving feedback I was not ready to hear and advice I didn’t ask for.” But I’m angry because her feedback was just straight up unhelpful and rooted in assumptions and ignorance on her part.

My friend doesn’t really have a clue what we are doing but she *thinks* she knows more than I do.

Where do we go from here? I’m really hurt. I’m going to take a step back from the friendship but what do I say to her? She keeps messaging me with generic apologies but I don’t think she gets it. If anything, she thinks me being upset is evidence that she is “right” and that I’m just killing the messenger. [/quote]

Where do you go from here? You succeed at your business and make her eat her words

Or, if you fail, you acknowledge she was right.

I mean, there's not much in between.[/quote]

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