📝 AITAH for ignoring my friend when we hung out yesteraday

By Classybut_8sassy • Score: 2 • April 18, 2025 8:30 PM


I (18f) and my BFF Joy (16f) invited my friend Bella (17f) to an event and she kept making excuses saying "I don't wanna be around college students" "I dont like talking in groups" and "I dont have a ride" so I just let her be even though we would have been hanging out with people our age and no one would force her to talk. Bella's family was going to an event at Joy's house that night, so we knew she'd be fine, and Joy and I were gonna go to the event without Bella cause we wanted to go. Only for Joy's mom to say Joy should stay home to be with Bella. We both stayed cause I didn't wanna go to a big event alone since I'm a small girl. When Bella arrived at Joy's house, I put my AirPods in so I could just ignore everything and be more by myself. I think I only spoke to Bella twice in those three hours we were together. Joy feels the same as I do. Joy and I have had to walk on eggshells around Bella cause she's really sensitive, and we get the feeling Bella's mom doesn't like us. If Joy and I hung out without Bella, Bella would get upset, and even Bella's mom would be upset if we didn't invite or accommodate Bella. I invited Joy to my house (for the first time in three years, as I still live with my parents), and Bella texted Joy, saying no one liked her (Bella) and that everyone just loves Joy better. All because Joy was at my house and Bella wasn't. Other times, I would bring up a problem in Bella and I's friendship, and Bella would say that she'd work on it and then just ghost me to not take accountability in the end, I would end up comforting her cause she says she doesn't know what she keeps doing wrong. I tried my best to be patient with her, considering she has a lot of trauma and things like that, but I feel like this friendship isn't worth it anymore, and I might just distance myself from her and slowly stop being friends with her. It just feels very one-sided and manipulative. I've talked to her, and it never seems to work. AITAH for ignoring her?

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