I have a tight knit friend group and we all tease each other a joke. We say things like of course ur eating or you smell. We always laugh it off ext. I have this one friend that i'm close to. Lets call her Maria.

Maria has always kind of been weird towards me but I always forgave her. I kinda realized it now because we are having beef but wtv. She would do things like not defend me when people spread lies abt me to my other friends, and she even once told me that she told someone in my class when i wasn't here that i just follow her around, and that I should be greatful that she told me that she talked behind my back. I forgave her for these things because shes my friend.

She started to be very distant over the past few weeks and I always reached out to her and asked her if she was mad at me and if she was okay. She always said no so I just let it be. It started to get very bad these few days because she started to roll her eyes when I walked up to her and she avoided me. But sometimes she would laugh and playfully kick me and tease me. This made me very confused. I then found out from one of my friends (Lets call her emma) that Maria had told her that I was talking bad about her, which wasn't true. I never confronted Maria after Emma told me I just avoided her, and I thought of dropping her.

Then she told me that I tore down her confidence by making fun of her. (Mind you everyone made fun of her but she only got upset at me for some reason, no I was not making fun of her more than others and she always laughed when i teased her, AND SHE TEASED ME TOO.) I felt bad and i promised to stop, and I did. By the way before I continue I would like to add that Maria has been insecure since day one, shes always told me and I feel like shes taking it out on me.

Maria then kicked me and made fun of me as a joke when she told me that I couldn't.. I then spoke to her again in class and I found out that she had family and personal problems and I told her that I was always there for her if she needed to talk. I got really worried for her and couldnt sleep for how bad i felt for her. She nodded and we began to laugh and joke together and I thought we were good. Wrong the next day there was a group project in the class. We had to make 8 groups of 4 and i asked her to sit with me in a group that had 2 people and she just ignored me and sat in a group with 3 ppl. These kind girls then offered for me to sit in a group with them. After all this I decided to drop her but my friend told me to just distance myself to not create drama. My other friend then checked Maria's reposts and saw that Maria posted things like "When you see someones downfall and they deserve it" or "Its not funny when you make fun of me Im insecure now" So what do I do? AITAH should I drop her?