keep on been let down by his so called friend

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Hi all need some advice I become friends with a close neighbour around 5 years ago our lil ones are the same age always been there for here though thick and thin, she moved about 10 mins down the road last year she's not good at keeping in contact, always making plans but hardly follow though I bumped into her one day this week haven't seen her in months, saying she has a Xmas present for my lil one and that she text me to comfrimthat she definitely come and see us before Xmas lo and behold not heard a dicky bird I haven't text her to find out when she is coming I am so angry at her for doing this lil one keeps on asking when she's coming over wwyd

Knowing that she was flakey - and then failed to text you about coming over - I wouldn’t have told my daughter about her intended visit until she was ensconced in the living room.

Don’t give her any more headspace.

What would I do? Forget her and move on. Enjoy your Christmas OP

Forget it. Your DC will have plenty to open tomorrow. You already knew she was flaky so this isn’t really a surprise.

thanks ButchyRestingFace I won't, none of my other friends are like this, shes also very self absorbed and everything on her terms

Don’t waste your time on her. She doesn’t sound like a nice person.

thanks inkandstone merry Xmas to you too
thanks TheSameCoin that's so true it isn't really merry Xmas to you
thanks TrojansAreSmegheads you are so right looking back I was only a option to her merry Xmas to you

thanks Maelstrop I try not too merry Xmas to you

update : she has message me saying when can she come over to drop off present, so it's taken her a week and a half to get back to me, she didn't mention or apologise for her bad behaviour, l feel like ignoring her for 2 weeks see how she likes it, or shall I confront her, might be pointless as she always play the victim and also hates been ignored wwud

I would just ignore the message I think. If she’s really bothered she can just pop over whenever and drop it round - she doesn’t live far away. If you arrange a time then you’ll just be sitting waiting for her to show up again.

yes you are so right TheSameCoin she will eventually get the message

Or if you wanted to leave the ball in her court, you could text her something like ‘we’re in most evenings after 5’ (or whenever is convenient for you) and see if she actually shows up. Depends if you think she’s worth the effort.

thanks TheSameCoin thats a great idea will ignore her for a few weeks and then do what you suggest, it's no point in me trying to confront her

Just because you both have kids the same age and live in the same street doesn't mean you're destined to be life long best of friends.

Awwlookatmybabyspider yes so true