📝 Aitah for wanting to distance myself from my best friend of years after she accused me of something I didn't do?

By Old_Range_6309 • Score: 0 • April 17, 2025 7:33 PM


So first of all english is not my first language so ignore the mistakes

So my (F21) best friend (F 21)ordered a new apple iphone online through Amazon on huge discount around half a year ago after buying the phone she began to face some weird problems in her phone like glitching or randomly opening apps etc around one month ago....

so she goes to a acquaintance who's knowledgeable in these things he told her that someone cloned her phone he took some money from her and fixed it (that's what he said) after this when she took the phone home it began vibrating so she switched it off and around midnight when she woke up it was switched on itself (real problem started after gets her phone fixed)...

she was scared after this and sold her phone at a low price and faced losses but since that guy told her someone cloned her phone through scanning their first suspect was me and she cut me off for more than a week without any hints or confrontation even told her extended family and friends to be vary of me and they all stop responding to me a week ago their profile pictures suddenly blank (she did all of this without Even confirming that it was me )and they all think the worst of me now . ............and I've no way to clear my name and when I confronted her she lied saying she didn't tell anyone except her family but I know she did......(.so back to the topic) here I was worried sick this whole week thinking something happened to her....

and today suddenly she called and told me in a round boat way that someone close to her did this to her and she was going to report them at first I encountered her to take action but then I felt something was off from her tone and after some deep thinking I realised she was suspecting me so called her to clear the misunderstanding and offer support to get through this but she refused to beleive I didn't do this......... .

I offered her to check my phone or take it to some expert so he could that it wasn't me but she refused saying that even if they did take it ....they wouldn't find anything and I did this and God's seeing that the thief will get the karma .....I felt so hurt and frustrated that someone close to me didn't trust me and even refused to fix it ....

. And here's is even more twist she knows that I'm not good with electronic stuff at all and doesn't even know how to properly make a Instragram and knew that illogical for me to make something hight like a cloning app to scan her phone but still accused me of it..... We've known each other since middle school and now is in the last year of college and stick together through thick and thin .. I always supported her and had her back no matter she did or whether it was wrong or right without any questions I followed her.....

when she needed to cry I was there...when needed to vent about her family problems and need consolation I was there...she was going through break up I was there to support her , she needed someone to listen I was there listening patiently in short I bend over the back for this girl even though sometimes I felt the efforts I gave wasn't reciprocated with equal amount but still I didn't mind and evening had my family problems (I don't much of a good relationship with them ) and she was the only friend I had and the time I spent within her I felt free from my problems for sometimes so in all we were inseparable and had unconditional trust for each other

And few times (3 or 4) she had sneak to meet her boyfriend so she took me along to cover up and since they were spending the time together and I didn't bought my phone with me she gave me here to scroll reels as I was sitting alone . and once her elder sister (F25) was facing problems with seeing her exam result online I helped her using her phone after she asked me to ( I didn't even use mine phone) as I also had good bonding with her sister and her family as well since they knew since I was a teenager Today she got a notification that someone was trying to login her email account (they failed though) so they concluded without confronting me and cut me off from everywhere

And today after she called her and after she refused to co-operate to help us fix it I had a huge fight with her and I said I'm ending our friendship after which her sister called me telling me let it go leave the past behind and move since we are friend ( they still beleive I did it but we're being generous to leave the past behind) which I refused and after my friend called me saying that's........
God's Seeing and the culprit will get her karma and since I'm hurt crying she's willing to let it go and will beleive me ( they don't beleive me at all they are just I don't the correct term for this but kinda being self generous and letting it go from their perspective I'm still the culprit) So she said she will accept my decision about friendship whether I want to keep or not is upto me

.....so said I don't want to lose her but we will be going low contact for now....

But tbh I feel conflicted after the doing all the things for her I got paid with this The trust isn't there between us and the love and affection I feel for her is gone and I want to cut contact since I'm already the culprit in everyone's eye and she even told about this to her extended family and friends too since they also stop responding to me on social media a week ago

But at the same time I don't want lose her she's the only friend I had and had bonding of yearsbut after all this I don't have the courage in me to trust someone again I think it's better being alone I'm so emotional rn crying alone in my room Is this friendship even worth it So aitah ?

Btw I attached the picture the phone she bought which I think was old and probably resold by someone online This community don't allow pictures

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