Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:40     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If your friendship can't weather one of you needing to say "can't chat now. Going into. Meeting" without the other getting pissy and passive aggressive, it's not a healthy friendship. Hope you're overthinking it.


+1 it sounds like you did nothing wrong. You’re not responsible for whatever she’s feeling. You’ve done everything you can to kindly and supportively reconnect so I would just let it go for now.


Both of these PPs. She is happy for you and sad for herself. She is having a mini meltdown.

I think no matter how close anyone is, the general feeling is that you want your friends to succeed, but not more than you. Have you been commiserating about your jobs, and now you got a great one?

Whatever the case, you can't lessen your success, or not do a great job, because you're worried about her feelings.


She is having a mini meltdown?

How old are you people?
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:39     Subject: Re:Friend stopped responding

Anonymous wrote:You have an intense job and this is what you’re worried about?


+1. Your job is not intense.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:38     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Anonymous wrote:
How do you know she read your texts?



DP. Some people leave notifications on. So when they read a text it shows that they did and when. I always turn it off.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:38     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If your friendship can't weather one of you needing to say "can't chat now. Going into. Meeting" without the other getting pissy and passive aggressive, it's not a healthy friendship. Hope you're overthinking it.


+1 it sounds like you did nothing wrong. You’re not responsible for whatever she’s feeling. You’ve done everything you can to kindly and supportively reconnect so I would just let it go for now.


Both of these PPs. She is happy for you and sad for herself. She is having a mini meltdown.

I think no matter how close anyone is, the general feeling is that you want your friends to succeed, but not more than you. Have you been commiserating about your jobs, and now you got a great one?

Whatever the case, you can't lessen your success, or not do a great job, because you're worried about her feelings.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:38     Subject: Friend stopped responding


How do you know she read your texts?

Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:35     Subject: Friend stopped responding

You were too busy to respond to her in the moment.

Why can't you understand that she has had other things to do?
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:35     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Maybe she really is busy. I would just let it go for now.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 21:32     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Anonymous wrote:If your friendship can't weather one of you needing to say "can't chat now. Going into. Meeting" without the other getting pissy and passive aggressive, it's not a healthy friendship. Hope you're overthinking it.


+1 it sounds like you did nothing wrong. You’re not responsible for whatever she’s feeling. You’ve done everything you can to kindly and supportively reconnect so I would just let it go for now.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:46     Subject: Friend stopped responding

If your friendship can't weather one of you needing to say "can't chat now. Going into. Meeting" without the other getting pissy and passive aggressive, it's not a healthy friendship. Hope you're overthinking it.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:36     Subject: Re:Friend stopped responding

You have an intense job and this is what you’re worried about?
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:25     Subject: Friend stopped responding

I think she was probably busy. Wouldn't read into it.

I mean, I would because I am an extremely anxious person but objective I know that's not reasonable! Hug to you OP.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:20     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Just try to distract yourself and not overdo the analysis

I would not even focus on this thread you started
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:16     Subject: Friend stopped responding

Anonymous wrote:WTF? I sometimes wait days to respond to my friends. Chill.


I understand your perspective, but she and I frequently text in a very rapid fire fashion, and double/triple/quadruple texts are normal for us.

That said, it’s not normal for us to leave each other on read. We are close.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:14     Subject: Friend stopped responding

WTF? I sometimes wait days to respond to my friends. Chill.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2024 20:12     Subject: Friend stopped responding

I recently started my dream job, which is 100% in person and pretty intense. Yesterday my good friend texted me asking how it was going; we bantered back and forth. Then she told me about a great new opportunity that just came up for her, and I texted back how exciting it was, asking for more details…and then noticed I had to attend a meeting and told her so, but that I wanted to hear all about it!

She said “you have more important things to attend to! Go to your meeting!” After my meeting - two hours later - I texted back following up with questions about her opportunity. She read these, but did not respond. Around lunchtime today I texted a cutesy “hello” gif, which she read but did not respond to. Finally, when I got home today, I sent a message saying “hey I know you’re busy, but I want you to know how excited I am for you! What a great opportunity!” (She read this and has not responded.)

Why did she stop responding? Obviously I won’t reach out again but ouch.