📝 AITAH for ending a friendship after she prank-called me?

By r2hvc3q • Score: 83 • April 27, 2025 5:59 PM


My friend, let's say A, texted me late last night. That was really, really strange because A had never texted me since two months ago.

A pleaded with me for Starbucks delivery, and when I told A that there was no Starbucks open in a 50+ mile radius, A pleaded for any delivery. It was at that point I called A, because something was fishy. She sounded stressed and crying, and refused to tell me what was going on besides: "It was dark", and whispered "hostage".

So back and forth we communicated, her taking a LONG time to respond, until nearly an hour later, I called her again. It didn't go better than the first time.

I asked A like ten times to tell me what was going on, and ten minutes before I got a police unit to do a welfare check, I notified her that I was going to call the police in ten minutes. She never replied.

The police got back to me that it was a prank! She texted me soon after that she didn't understand what was so serious: "she only wanted Starbucks", and that she was only joking.

I ended up blocking her and I am never, ever talking to her again. It's not that I'm angry for spending an hour and a half of my evening, but having someone betray my trust and care hurt me really, really badly.

Should I still be friends with her? We were really good friends until this moment, and although I can't see us ever being so good of friends, I do wonder whether or not I should give her another chance.

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