is dd or her friend being unreasonable?

[achildsjoy]

Dd is close friends with a girl that she has known since school, they speak almost daily and see each other a couple of times a week at least, lets call her friend A. They both have a mutual friend who they both see infrequently once every few week, let's call her friend b, dd is closer to this girl than friend A is, friend A and B only really see each other through my dd. At a party a few months back friend B met a friend of friend A's brother and began speaking to him, it lasted a few weeks and then tailed off. Anyway fast forward to now and my dd has been invited on holiday for the weekend by friend A with her brother and the male friend that friend B was speaking to, dd isn't interested in the boy and is only going as she wants to go with friend A, it has been booked and paid for and all is fine. Last night friend B kicked off at my dd and upset her by saying how she was a bad friend for not Inviting her and saying how dare she go on holiday with the boy she was speaking to when she knew she would have wanted to go and if dd would have told friend A that she wanted to go with them then friend A would have invited her. Dd replied by saying that it wasn't her place to invite her on a trip that her friends had planned as it wasn't her trip, she had simply been invited along. Now dd is upset saying that she no longer wants to go as she feels upset that friend b is laying all the blame on her. For the record friend A didn't want to Invited friend b as she thought it would be awkward as her as friend B and her brothers friend are no longer on good terms.

[starry0ne]

Your DD should go on the trip..Her reply is perfect..

[achildsjoy]

Dd did try and include friend B as she said to friend A before it was booked, aren't you going to invited friend b? I don't see what more she could have done besides missing out on the trip.

[Ameliablue]

Friend b is being unreasonable

[achildsjoy]

Seems like dd is not being unreasonable then.

[OurBlanche]

Remind your DD that 'friends' who lay on such guilt fests are never reliable when you need some support. They are more likely to be selfish and never available when the give and take requires them to do the giving!

File that 'friend' under Lesson Learned

Then go and have a lovely holiday!

[BertPuttocks]

Friend B is being unreasonable.

She's not a close friend of A. If the brother's friend wasn't going on the trip, I suspect she wouldn't be at all interested.

Your dd should go on the trip. She has done nothing wrong.

[achildsjoy]

sorry about the lack of paragraphs i am on an iPhone.

[RandyMagnum]

How old is everyone involved? You say they've known each other since school so the presumption is they're not in school anymore and adults now? I really couldn't be arsed to get into such petty shite as an adult, your daughters response was the correct way to approach it, I would have added to the response if she had a problem with the arrangements she should have contacted A and asked her why she didn't invite her, your daughter had nothing to do with it.

[achildsjoy]

They are 18, dd has not been in a situation like this since she left school I think that's why it has knocked her for six a bit, her and her friends very rarely fall out.

[ApostrophesMatter]

Friend B needs to grow up.

[AnnaMarlowe]

Why on earth does B want to go on a trip with a boy she is no longer seeing? Quite odd.

B is being unreasonable and deeply unpleasant.

[achildsjoy]

Anna I think the issue is that dd is going on the same trip as him, she sees it as dd not being loyal to her.

[achildsjoy]

It isn't, friend A's brother has a girlfriend who is not going on the trip and her brother is v protective over her so a date isn't happening between friend A and the boy either!

[AnnaMarlowe]

"The icy cold cut off of doom".

Ah, I see OP. It probably depends on the specifics of the breakup but your post did say that B complained she hadn't been invited so it still seems odd.

[achildsjoy]

They were never officially in a relationship together they were just 'talking' so dd says. I think she probably still has a thing for him and is a wee bit jealous that she wasn't invited so is taking it out on dd.