Currently on holiday of a lifetime with a friend due to another friend having a wedding the other side of the world. I did a week on my own which was incredible and utter bliss, then this friend arrived on Friday and we have until Saturday night together when I fly home and she stays for another week.
She’s always been a difficult person but this trip has cemented that we won’t be friends when we get back home. She always has to be right about everything and gets upset and offended if you don’t want to do exactly what she does. Apologies for the stereotype but she’s the stereotypical headstrong, loud, bossy American character. You can’t say anything she doesn’t agree with or she’s either offended or just blanks you. She’s well known in our group for getting into strops and leaving events early for ridiculous reasons.
I have some food issues which mean I don’t eat loads or drink a lot. She’s massively into food and drink and so has booked fancy restaurants for the entire time we’re here. So today we have a surfing lesson from 2-6 and then have to rush back to get ready to go to a 5* seafood restaurant when all I’m going to want to do is chill! She also got in a huff with me at the wedding to the point where someone asked me if she was actually my friend because I decided to stop drinking at 11pm and then she walked 3 meters in front of me the whole way back to the hotel.
The problem is that it’s a different place every night kind of holiday so lots planned and not like I can just go off on my own easily. Please give me some coping strategies as I don’t want her to ruin my holiday but I also just can’t wait to get home now! She’s also not the type of person you can reason with and would be terribly upset if I mentioned what a bitch she is!