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To tell this friend to naf off?

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akaemmafrost · 13/05/2012 20:22

Briefly, I am very pissed off with a friend of mine.

She keeps making arrangements with me and then just doesn't show. Now I can be a tad unreliable myself but I always text and try to let people know in good time plus I am a lone parent and one of my children has SN so its hard to be on target sometimes.

Friday is the third occasion she has arranged to do something with me and then just not showed up. The time before that she arranged to come with me and my children to the cinema, I got them ready and all excited to go, she didn't turn up and then phoned, clearly pissed up to say she had fallen asleep. I let it go. In fact I am always letting it go.

We arranged to go out on Friday, I got childcare (no easy task) and texted her chasing her a couple of times. She finally got back to me late in the evening AFTER I cancelled my childcare and it would obviously be too late for me to go out. I didn't even answer the phone, was too pissed off. I have just recieved a message now saying "what happened to you on Friday, thought we were going out?" So not only did she let me down but is now trying to turn it around and put it on me.

What shall I say? Or shall I just let it go AGAIN? She does not have children of her own so maybe she doesn't "get" it. I don't know. It is the message trying to spin it onto me that has irritated me Angry.

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BillyBollyBandy · 13/05/2012 20:24

Don't make any plans where she is the sole participant. Only invite her along to stuff you are already doing.

EclecticShock · 13/05/2012 20:26

Agree with billy

squeakytoy · 13/05/2012 20:27

Dont rely on communication by text. Why didnt you ring her on Friday before you cancelled.

akaemmafrost · 13/05/2012 20:28

Yes I suppose so. I just have this rant all stored up that I want to get out Grin but I suppose the mature thing to do is as advised.

How shall I answer her text?

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akaemmafrost · 13/05/2012 20:28

I did. She didn't answer. So texted.

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EllenParsons · 13/05/2012 20:31

YANBU

I agree with Billy. She is just not reliable and she is the U one here not you!

ENormaSnob · 13/05/2012 20:33

Ooh I had a similar thread a bit ago about my flakey friends wedding.

She was constantly pulling shit like this.

I haven't spoken to her since because icannot be arsed with it all. I'm too busy and refuse to put up with being treated like that.

redexpat · 13/05/2012 20:35

Well, do you want to salvage the friendship or not? If not then I wouldn't bother communicating with her again. If you do then you need to say something along the lines of: When you do abc it makes me feel xyz. It causes problems because... Due to DC with SN I need to make firm plans well in advance...

and so on.

PurplePidjin · 13/05/2012 20:37

Text back "you were so late I made other arrangements. Shame you missed such a great night"

Then just drop her!

akaemmafrost · 13/05/2012 20:37

Yes I don't like big fallings out so will just say nothing and not rely on her at all in the future. Glad I posted and got some perspective before sending the ranty text I had planned.

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