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Redcurrent100 · 13/08/2025 11:02

Please Help. I am starting to feel like my friends therapist and I’m struggling. She is going through a horrible situation, but I feel like I’m stuck.

Friend is going through a nasty “we’re going to end the engagement” but 5 mins later “we’re going to give it another go” with her fiancé now for the last 6-7 months.

He isn’t a great person. In 3 years of knowing each other they have had 2 kids and got engaged. She has always moaned about him, but never to this extent. I’ve spent the whole time wondering why she is with him or marrying him.

He is so controlling, financially, socially, everything.

Every day for the last 7 months my friend comes to me, calls me, pops over and chats about what he’s done wrong now. Last night I spent an hour on the phone to her whilst she tells me he’s stopped her going out tonight and what not but then this morning she’s messaged to say they sorted things and that she loves him.

I’m meant to be seeing her this weekend for a mums day out (I have young DC as well) and the whole day will be spent talking about her toxic fiancé. Nothing will change.

What do I do? I don’t want to say never talk to me about him again but I can’t keep doing this for my sanity.

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Stichintime · 13/08/2025 11:05

I would keep changing the subject, give a generic reply, or just say 'mmmm' every now and then.

Jellycatspyjamas · 13/08/2025 11:04

Be less available. Don’t answer the phone, if she turns up be busy doing something that needs attention. If you do answer the phone tell her you can only speak for 10 minutes, and end the call after that time. You can’t be available to anyone 24/7, so don’t be available to her.

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