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To bin off both my closest friends and start again.

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APositiveMind · 30/12/2018 15:15

I'm going to sounds like a complete Moody cow now. But I go through stages of hating my friends.
I have quite a large group of friends, all around the same age 21-24.
I'm 22, pretty settled in a 5 year relationship, moves out and bought a house together in Feb, I work full time.

Friend A - rents a unit and has a small business, which is wonderful, she's happy, I think albeit always stressed. I helped her decorate and bought things and just general helped her set it all up. She works as and when she wants to.

Friend B - recently left her boyfriend of 4 years and it a pretty carefree person.

Other friends have moved or workaday but we regularly see eachother. Friend A and B I spend most my time with.

Since moving out, friend B just walked into my house without letting me know she coming, leaves her rubbish everywhere. When I told her about leaving her rubbish everywhere she said the bin in he kitchen was inconvenient as she is leaving through the back door. She constantly rings me on the weekend on the morning asking to come over for coffee. If I say no she turns up anyway because 'I'm not doing anything anyway' I've mentioned to her I want time for myself and she turns her nose up and said but she's bored and I obviously don't have plans. Followed by whiney "your my best friend, why don't you love me" she's also just broke up with her OH and has now gone off the rails with one night stands and sleeping with anyone. She came invited to my house this morning at 8am to date the gossip and then asked if I would take her to get the morning after pill.
In not one for going out every weekend nd getting drunk, plus I have the responsibility of a house and bills so my disposable income isn't what it used to be.
She get a really funny if I don't want to go out drinking, like over Christmas she only wanted to go out because her ex was out, which was quite apparent when we got to town and she was constantly ringing him yo find out where he was. It was mean to be a 'cheer me up about my break up' type of night out. Ugh.

Friend A - is also single and doesn't stop bragging about sleeping with married men and men who have girlfriends and children. She constantly lies. Lies that get so unbelievable I have to walk away from the conversation as it's just too much to bare. So because she has a business it is all she talks about, her mum and dad find everything for her from her phone bill to her brand new car. She brags about how much money she has as she is always taking it from work, but she never pays her apprentice, who is her friend also, and also has to be asked multiple times by her other employees to be paid.

I think I'm just so tires of listening to drama, I thought at 22/23 we would be over all that and starting to mature but it's getting so tiring trying yo keep up with their antics. I'm don't think I'm jealous as I have no desire to do half the things they do but I'm just struggling to be enthuastic about their lifestyle when they're telling me.

It was fun when we're having a laugh about the occasional one night stand and stuff. But now one friend is into drugs and it's every time I see her she's slept with someone new in just bored of hearing about it.

Aibu to cut my ties and try and make new friends?

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APositiveMind · 30/12/2018 15:17

Uninvited at 8am**

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animallikeyou · 30/12/2018 15:19

I’m in my late 20’s bow OP and from my experience, the transgression of friends moving on and interests changing seems to be happening for you.

You’ve changed as a person and your responsibilities are different. I think that you three will naturally drift apart.

Theunreasonableone · 30/12/2018 15:23

I’d say don’t bother with them anymore. They sound immature and you don’t. It’s ok to move away from friendships and realise you no longer have much in common. I’m guessing in a few years you’ll want to have children which will remove you further from them as you make friends with other mothers you will meet.

Didyeeaye · 30/12/2018 15:23

It sounds as though you are in a different place maturity wise from your friends. However, I wouldn't totally dump them as close friendships need to be worked at and you may regret not giving them a chance.
Just pull back a little and I would maybe try and widen your circle a bit to include people in the same place as you so you have are able to get your needs met.

APositiveMind · 30/12/2018 15:23

@animallikeyou
I bloody hope so. Would be better to drift a part as I wouldn't want then to take it to heart telling them I no longer want to be 'close friends' with them.
Plus I'm worries that it would cause nasty drama with bitching and nastiness. No thank you!

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animallikeyou · 30/12/2018 15:46

Nah, I would try not to ‘pull away’ per se, it will happen organically.

It’s hard at the time but in time you will feel better :)

Handprints2018 · 30/12/2018 19:02

Id pull back big time. Friend b is already clingy and intrusive, doesn't sound the type to drift naturally or get the hint.

garethsouthgatesmrs · 30/12/2018 19:07

I think you will regret totally binning off long term good friends, they won't be that easy to replace. Just cool it off a bit and try and find time in your life for new friends you have more in common with.

RangeRider · 30/12/2018 20:12

Keep the door locked, don't answer it if your 'friend' has tried inviting herself over, been refused and then the doorbell goes, and reduce contact until it dies out (or avoid like the plague). They sound like crap friends.

Gth1234 · 31/12/2018 01:15

When they come unexpectedly, just say sorry, I am going out in a few minutes.

APositiveMind · 01/01/2019 12:02

@gth1234
I would love to do that, but we live on a very rural small town, so every time I say I have plans to go somewhere, she'll either insist she comes with me or will literally wait in my garden until I come home.
The amount of times I've come home from work and she's just sat in my garden waiting is uncountable!

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