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aquaguy91
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posted April 24, 2017 11:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for aquaguy91     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So,
One of my "supposed" best friends since Elementary School is getting married this summer and I learned today that he did not pick me to be one of his groomsmen. I have been through the whole spectrum of emotions since I found out. I have been angry, hurt, confused, and extremely bitter. Me and this guy have so much history. I have been by his side through thick and thin. I was there when he experienced his first major heartbreak and rushed to be with him when his dad died and let him cry on my shoulder. We have always been really close and I thought we would be close friends and have each others backs for life. And today I got a knife to the gut and found out apparently I am just a second tier friend at best. In my opinion, the people you choose to stand by your side on your wedding day are the people you care about and value most. I dont think it would hurt that much if he had picked all old friends to be his groomsmen, but he picked guys he hasnt known long. I mean one of them is his gay roommate he has only known for less than 2 years. WTF??? Anyway, this has really hurt me and I dont see how our friendship can ever recover from this. I dont think I will attend the wedding at all because I wouldn't be able to hide the bitterness I have over being slighted in such a raw way. I have tried thinking about all of this is in different ways and my feelings have remained unchanged. Do you think I am being petty? Maybe, its just my ego, but I know this hurts like h*ll right now.

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teasel
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posted April 25, 2017 12:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for teasel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don't think that you are.

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PixieJane
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posted April 25, 2017 03:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for PixieJane     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It does sound like a snub, and I can understand why you'd be deeply hurt by this.

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posted April 25, 2017 06:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for colorful butterfly     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Please don't shoot me!!!

I just want you to think of it differently thats all, I can completely understand how this would crush you inside and all the other emotions that you are entitled to feel. It's just this one question that I want to ask and it may come off wrong which it is not meant to do so at all. Someone that I did ALOT for!!! I asked myself when I had to give up something awhile back that hurt just as bad, was so humiliating and well, my pride and ego got stomped on in so many ways.

Anyway, the question I had to ask was did I love this person for them or did I love them for me?

BTW THANK GOD FOR UNANSWERED PRAYERS!!!!

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soren
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posted April 25, 2017 06:48 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
CB i had a friend who, it seemed we didnt get along nearly as well as other friends, but he stuck around. are you saying, perhaps he was doing it for himself, and not for me? i kind of suspect that.

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aquaguy91
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posted April 25, 2017 10:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for aquaguy91     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by colorful butterfly:
Please don't shoot me!!!

I just want you to think of it differently thats all, I can completely understand how this would crush you inside and all the other emotions that you are entitled to feel. It's just this one question that I want to ask and it may come off wrong which it is not meant to do so at all. Someone that I did ALOT for!!! I asked myself when I had to give up something awhile back that hurt just as bad, was so humiliating and well, my pride and ego got stomped on in so many ways.

Anyway, the question I had to ask was did I love this person for them or did I love them for me?

BTW THANK GOD FOR UNANSWERED PRAYERS!!!!



I dont really understand what you are trying to say here. Are you asking me if I really cared about my friend? If so, yes I did.As a person who is very fixed in terms of astrology placements, loyalty is very important to me. I don't care to have "acquaintances". When I befriend someone it is sacred to me. Me and this guy had been friends since Elementary School and I considered him to be one of my 3 best friends. I thought I was one of his best friends too. And yesterday I found out he doesn't consider me to be in his inner circle at all. I would just be 1 of the 150 people at his wedding. That really hurt me. It was like a dagger straight through my heart.

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posted April 26, 2017 12:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for colorful butterfly     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by soren:
CB i had a friend who, it seemed we didnt get along nearly as well as other friends, but he stuck around. are you saying, perhaps he was doing it for himself, and not for me? i kind of suspect that.

Thats hard to say. What I mean is are you a friend because you are their friend or are you their friend because you gain from it?

I don't mean this in a challenging way or to be hurtful, it is just how I had to look at the situation that I was dealing with at the time. It hurt but I just let it go. I dated a guy for 3 years, dealt with a lot of BS, he didn't want to be with me but didn't want anyone else to have me either. He ended up marring another girl after somethings came up with my life that I couldn't be more at the time. I knew he had someone else because of how he was acting and doing things. Then he just popped up that he met someone and was getting married. I wasn't ready to be married at the time but It still was hard to deal with as I felt like I was in limbo trying to figure out what was going on.

At first I was shocked like, what in the world as he said he didn't want to be married or he wasn't going to purpose to me. Later that changed as he took me to a cookout and basically told everyone he could how I was the one for him, how he loved me etc. ( I was really happy that day) Just a whole lot of other things that went on , so my whole pride, ego, everything just crushed. Oh, and not to mention other people who thought it was ok to make fun of this because I was hurt by it. After 3 years with someone I would question myself if it didn't. I actually feel sorry for those who thought it was funny, like I wonder why their relationships turn up sour etc. Karma is a
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Anyway, the thing that just ended up happening with me was I decided that I could love him for me, be mad , hold it in etc or if I really loved him then I would just see him happy. We are still friends to this day. We don't talk or hang out as much as we use to but I still enjoy the friendship. We actually get along better since we split up. ( Jesus!!!)

In the end, I think things worked out how they were suppose to. In some ways I miss the old times ( good ones) but thankful we don't have anymore bad ones!! It was like we were married and we won't even married. Jealous over each other, crazy love is what my friends called it. ( 3 years!)

Yep, loyalty would have been nice as I know they had something going on for a long time but I forgave him and wish him all the best life can give him! It's really hard not to be selfish ya know.

So in my mind, true I gather friends and loyalty. How much you put into the relationship thinking this is the contract you have with one another but it's like do you really want to carry all that around with you? Hurt, sadness, anger etc.


You can null and void this if you don't agree with it. Just want to try to help if it can, if not I totally understand.

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charlie
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posted April 30, 2017 11:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charlie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Have you spoken to him?? I would. Maybe he didn't think you'd be interested? Or maybe he didn't think at all? Either way, I'd voice my feelings in a calm way. If he shows lack of understanding I'd have to rethink our friendship.

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windyday
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posted May 01, 2017 03:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for windyday     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hmmmmm... I guess what Charlie said about talking to him about your feelings, is a good way. BUT if I had been treated like this, I wouldn't probably do that. I would attend the ceremony, but I would disappear gradually from his life. I imagine I would feel hurt and slighted.

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posted May 01, 2017 10:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Welcome!

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windyday
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posted May 02, 2017 01:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for windyday     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you very much ^~^

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Originally posted by windyday:
hmmmmm... I guess what Charlie said about talking to him about your feelings, is a good way. BUT if I had been treated like this, I wouldn't probably do that. I would attend the ceremony, but I would disappear gradually from his life. I imagine I would feel hurt and slighted.

i had a friend i was up in his face about going to the wedding. found out he planned to ban specifically me!!! hahahahah then i convinced them otherwise. had some kind of hurt from me that i had no idea about, that was nothing my fault. as if living your life and not living your destiny were a crime

awesome name

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posted May 02, 2017 05:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sulkyarcher     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm sorry he's being a jerk to you.

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windyday
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posted May 02, 2017 11:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for windyday     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
@Soren What a friend!!!
And I'm happy you like my name

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Randall
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posted May 03, 2017 12:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good name.

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posted May 04, 2017 05:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for windyday     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Randall:
Good name.

Thank you. (≧◡≦)

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Randall
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posted May 05, 2017 09:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You're welcome.

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Ami Anne
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posted May 07, 2017 09:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
(((AG))))

You are not being petty, at all. Anyone would feel that way, I think.

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posted August 17, 2017 01:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SleepyDiary     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What ended up happening, did you go or hasn`t the wedding happened yet? I hope it all turned out okey.

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posted August 18, 2017 07:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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