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Feeling a bit sad - ‘friend’ blocked and deleted me from fb.

419 replies

GirlPolo · 17/08/2025 21:13

And I have no idea why! She was one of my very closest friends, we were having discussions about days out over the summer hols and I went to message her only to see that she’s blocked and deleted me. I just cannot understand it. There were no disagreements, it was all good when we saw each other. I genuinely thought we were best friends. Or at least very, very close friends. Even if she unblocks me the friendship is done, I can’t get past this 😔
Anyone had anything similar happen to them?

OP posts:
Duechristmas · 18/08/2025 08:44

Shewasafaireh · 17/08/2025 22:22

Frankly if this happened to me no way I’d be chasing after her. There’s a few steps to blocking someone so it has to be intentional.

You literally just click 'block'

bigfacthunter · 18/08/2025 08:54

I blocked my dad once by accident, I had no idea and he was too embarrassed to mention.

Middlemarch123 · 18/08/2025 09:05

I know you want answers and a reason OP. But I would just let her crack on and ignore her completely. She has her reasons or she’s trying to get a reaction. Either way, if she’s not mature enough to have spoken about her issue with you instead of blocking you, she’s not mature enough for a friendship. Don’t chase her, reframe it as dodging a bullet and move on. If she gets in touch in the future, see her on your terms only. Don’t enable her flakiness.

Fran2023 · 18/08/2025 09:12

I was going through a very bad time and didn’t reply to a friend’s text for a while. When I did reply all hell let loose and she told me never to contact her again.

I liked her and miss her company, but I also know that her reaction was completely OTT.

Onthegrass · 18/08/2025 09:13

GirlPolo · 17/08/2025 21:46

I text messaged her but no response. I’m assuming that I’m blocked on everything, she’s done this before to other people.

And there's your answer.

I once had a friend who laughingly told me about how she was freezing out some friends. I knew then it would only be a matter of time till she did it to me. And a few years later she did.

She's just someone who does this, and she has.

AgentPidge · 18/08/2025 09:13

alderleywedge · 18/08/2025 05:29

It's not an error, Facebook do social experiments for research purposes to guage reactions/online responses. So they can block a friend, or add new friends, hide posts from certain friends etc.

So FB could have done it rather than the friend doing it. Still the same result of feeling hurt.

SugarPlumpFairyCakes · 18/08/2025 09:14

@Onthegrassthat ‘friend’ is a total weirdo. You are well rid!

crazeekat · 18/08/2025 09:22

Honestly. It doesn’t matter what you have done. You will go over and over. You really have only two choices I’m sorry, so

  1. you get ur head right up, you have done absolutely zero and your friend is a nutter with no respect for you and no guts to even speak about it to you. NOT A FRIEND.
  2. you can ask a mutual friend to ask her what her problem is. Be prepared for lies tho or some proper stupid excuse that she has just been biding her time for.

she sound a bit of an idiot tho and for her to be your close friend shows she doesn’t care a thing about u if she can do this to you. Just remember it’s not you, it’s her. just stick your head up and get
onnwith your life. Put
lots
of good pics of urself of fb cos I promise, she will be stalking u on another
hidden account
somewhere. Make sure she sees u are totally unbothered even if ur hurting bad. Plenty more
better friends than ones like her pal

giantpurplepeopleeater3 · 18/08/2025 09:25

If shes a repeat offender your turn was going to come eventually, sadly. Some people dont emotionally mature beyond y9.

Iris2020 · 18/08/2025 09:28

GirlPolo · 17/08/2025 21:46

I text messaged her but no response. I’m assuming that I’m blocked on everything, she’s done this before to other people.

In that case she seems to not be able rational, sensible person or good friend to have.
Facebook blocking is utterly juvenile unless it's a stalker or someone causing you harm.

EmotionallyWeird · 18/08/2025 09:34

If she's done this to other people then she probably has deliberately done it to you. I know the type. The only surprise is that she didn't make sure you knew what you were supposed to have done with a big, flouncey announcement in public. People like this don't make good friends, so as much as you valued her, try not to think of it as a loss. You may well find there are other people who can relate to how she's treated you and that will bring you closer to them.

dottiedodah · 18/08/2025 09:49

Im sorry you are feeling hurt OP.Some of these women never grow up! She sounds like hard work to me .If you have DC may they have fallen out do you think? Otherwise I would just accept she is a flaky friend.The fact she has blocked others doesnt bode well does it .Dont worry and move on

Laxoverhols · 18/08/2025 09:50

You didn’t think relevant to mention in your Op that she has done this before??!

eb949013 · 18/08/2025 09:53

I think its completely reasonable to want a reason and to understand why a friendship is being ended, social media has made people way to comfortable with blocking and ghosting people and for many its not 'protecting your peace' or having 'boundaries' its just rude.

PInkyStarfish · 18/08/2025 09:56

She’s no friend and if you manage to speak to her, she will either see you as being weak and dismiss you or if she is weak herself she will lie and give some pathetic excuse and ‘I don’t mean it’ bollocks and then things will be back to normal but she will resent you and you will always be bowing down to her in case you offend her again.

Dont give her the satisfaction of going to her cap in hand, ‘Please miss, whatever I’ve done, I’m very sorry …’!

Just block her on everything and never acknowledge her again even in public, look straight through her.

Laxoverhols · 18/08/2025 10:02

I can’t imagine being best friends with someone who I know has form for randomly deleting and blocking people on FB for no good reason. Odd, childish and silly behaviour

kirinm · 18/08/2025 10:04

If you’re close friends, why on earth are you communicating via Facebook?!

notanothersummercold · 18/08/2025 10:09

Read the Let Them Theory - honestly l have no capacity for this kind of drama these days but l understand why you are upset xx

Dodeedoo · 18/08/2025 10:24

hadenoughnows · 18/08/2025 00:06

That's understandable. In my situation, removing a couple of friends who hadn't bothered to ask how I was doing for a full year after my DH died didn't need any conversation. If they'd asked me why, I'd have told them the truth, but they didn't ask. I did hear they posted a self-pitying spiel about how they try to be a good person and wah wah wah though. With a sincere apology I might have given them another chance. I didn't have the emotional energy for contacting them about it myself. Just decide a true friend would have asked, especially around the anniversary of his death. So just deleted quietly.

I’m sorry this happened to you ❤️ unfortunately a lot of people are just so utterly self absorbed and don’t think much thought to others x

Dodeedoo · 18/08/2025 10:26

kirinm · 18/08/2025 10:04

If you’re close friends, why on earth are you communicating via Facebook?!

What the hell has this got to do with it?

Shewasafaireh · 18/08/2025 10:39

Duechristmas · 18/08/2025 08:44

You literally just click 'block'

I just checked on my phone and I needed to go to the person’s profile, then click on the three dots, then click block, then there’s a prompt before blocking. So it has to be intentional.

OneNeatBlueOrca · 18/08/2025 10:42

Shewasafaireh · 18/08/2025 10:39

I just checked on my phone and I needed to go to the person’s profile, then click on the three dots, then click block, then there’s a prompt before blocking. So it has to be intentional.

Exactly you cant block someone accidentally

Lilactimes · 18/08/2025 11:07

GirlPolo · 17/08/2025 21:13

And I have no idea why! She was one of my very closest friends, we were having discussions about days out over the summer hols and I went to message her only to see that she’s blocked and deleted me. I just cannot understand it. There were no disagreements, it was all good when we saw each other. I genuinely thought we were best friends. Or at least very, very close friends. Even if she unblocks me the friendship is done, I can’t get past this 😔
Anyone had anything similar happen to them?

I’m sorry - sounds brutal.
i would phone and ask what’s happened and if everything is ok. Then at least you will know.
Phone her mobile from a landline maybe. Hope it works out x

GirlPolo · 18/08/2025 11:21

daisychain01 · 18/08/2025 03:27

GirlPolo in heaven's name please call her, go round to her house, write to her, anything that isn't SM related, which is so arms length and impersonal There are times to use texts and times to communicate directly to the person so they can react in person.

if you have done nothing of concern, said nothing that could have caused her offence, then there is no reason why she has gone out of her way to block you especially if you are close friends. It depends how much you value her friendship as to the effort you will go to, to sort this out.

are you afraid of what she might say, is that why you're only communicating electronically ?

I don’t value the friendship any more. She’s obviously made a decision for some reason and even if she unblocked me it would never be the same again.

It just hurts because I WAS a good friend to her, supporting her through her dad’s final days and death, supporting her when her ex boyfriend (who she was still in love with) CS. I’m a member of David Lloyd and I paid for her to come with me a few times because she wanted to swim, use the hot tub and sauna, etc. Just lots of little things that I thought she appreciated. She even once said that she’d never forget my kindness when her dad was so ill.

I guess I’ll never find out why.

Thanks for all the messages, it does help to know others have been through the same thing. Although I wouldn’t wish this on anyone!

OP posts:
Laxoverhols · 18/08/2025 11:24

Bit of advice for the future op

don’t be friends, let alone best friends, with someone who has form for randomly deleting and blocking friends - as you knew your friend had done so in the past

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