Friendship changes

Hi everyone, just feel like I need a bit of a vent as this is playing on my mind and keeping me awake… even though baby is fast asleep 😅 I went out to a baby group with my friend today with our babies. During the coffee and shopping afterwards, I felt interrogated about my baby, going back to work, our house and other areas of my life. She would ask me questions and then during my answers (not sure why I felt like I had to answer as some were quite personal) she would constantly interrupt me with her opinion or criticism of my choices or my thoughts and opinions on things. A real stab in my heart was when she scoffed at what I said about going back to work (sensitive topic to me anyways) and said “do you really think that…” I felt like I could barely get a word in edgeways and felt so flustered afterwards. This isn’t the first time this has happened but I sometimes can’t believe how she speaks to me. It’s almost like she thinks she’s superior and can offer opinions on my life without a second thought of my feelings. I’ve witnessed her speak to other people like it in the past and funnily enough they have now distanced themselves from her… It’s not all the time which makes things difficult. It’s a friendship that began almost ten years ago and we have some great memories together and we live really close. My husband seems keen for me to hold onto the friendship as they live close and he gets on with her husband. However, the way she makes me feel I really worth it? Like I’m crying as I write this as I almost felt bullied by her today. It’s taken me back to feeling like I’m at school again and I’m almost 30! Also not sure if I’m just being over sensitive but it’s just really upset me today. The friendship obviously means something to me and along with maternity leave loneliness I just don’t know what to do 😢😢😢 Sorry for a long rant 🙈 This probably doesn’t make much sense but needed to get it off my chest somewhere and everyone else is asleep!
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Hey hun, I want to say you have written this post beautifully. I understand how you feel full well, I have been in the same position with uni friend who spoke to me disrespectfully many times and eventually our ‘friendship’ ended. I am a highly sensitive person and there’s nothing wrong with that, except that sometimes life gets really hard for individuals like me as we experience emotions as if through a magnifying glass. In my opinion you should distance yourself from this person as she makes you feel bad about yourself and on edge. That’s not how a friend should make you feel xx

You can try be brutally honest and tell her what’s bothering you and how she makes you feel. See how she reacts/ hopefully changes? Perhaps it would help you decide which way the relationship should go.

I've had something similar with a friend, in my case I don't think she realised how much she was projecting her personal views on everything. It made me doubt my decisions, after speaking with another closer friend (they vaguely know one another) she pointed out how specific that person is about babies etc. I chatted with my husband on out opinions and decisions and now just ignore it or avoid conversations around things we disagree on...namely returning to work & nursery.

You’re worth more than being made to feel bullied by someone you consider a friend. Whether you’ve been friends 10 years or 10 minutes it’s not acceptable. I had a similar situation and I cut her off the minute I realised I was going home upset after every time we hung out. Xx

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