Copycat - getting a bit OTT now.

[CopCopyCopyCat]

I have a friend who has over recent years been copying me.

It started out as small things, random items of clothing hair colour few items of decor round the house etc.

Last year this friend moved into a house on our estate, the house is identical to ours. This didn’t bother me in the slightest as I live my life she lives hers and at the time it was nice to have her local as we were really good friends.

Although i was a little put out that they have decorated it very similar and laid out their furniture almost identical. But my DH pointed out I should be flattered that they liked our home so much they decided to copy it.

I feel it has gone really OTT now, it’s been gradual over the years.

She is a similar build to me all be it taller than me. She wears very similar/ identical clothes and has the almost identical hair colour and cut (she goes to my salon and requests this)

2 months ago my DH got me a car for our wedding anniversary. Not a new car a 2013 plate convertible. I’ve loved them since they came out but having kids with buggy’s at the time it wasn’t practical.

She’s just messaged me with a picture of her new car. Surprise surprise it’s the same car and colour.

I’m really struggling to find the words to tell her to get a life, her own life not mine.

There has been loads of other things as well that I’ve lost track of over the years as it a common occurrence.

WWYD how would you deal with this?

I am now at the end of my tether with her and I don’t know what to say. But feel I need to say something.

@CopCopyCopyCat - what happened in the end?

I completely understand how you feel. My DC and my friend's DC were born in the same hospital a few hours apart and 2 of their names are almost identical, which caused great confusion when they were put in the same class at school (When we first met).

Since then she has taken up my main hobby, but always manages to out do what I do. She traced the holiday cottage we stayed in each year and booked it herself. We celebrated a key birthday in a restaurant several hours away from home - lo and behold she booked exactly the same place for her 40th this summer. If I go to the theatre, she immediately books the same show. I have now disappeared from FB and avoid giving any clues about what we do & where we are going as it is just too claustrophobic.

Get her a copy of Single White Female for Christmas. Write "Thought of you immediately when I saw it" on the card.