CoatZilla and the Barbour Boy- The Second Saga

[LanaKaneIsWeirdedOut]

Hey everyone!

Bloody hell, in all my years of MNing I've never had a response like this, I was really helped by loads of your replies, and loads made me giggle (Roast Potatoes!!) and loads made good points.

I'm sorry I can't reply to specific posts but seriously there's so many.

or for everyone who replied and is sticking with me.

So on to the update.....

CoatZilla, henceforth to be known as CZ, text again last night....

Here it is word for word.
mate, your obviously upset and that was never my intention. I'm sorry that we argued, I honestly didn't see the conversation going that way when I brought it up. I think it's better we let the dust settle for tonight in honesty. Probably best to have a calm conversation tomorrow evening?

My reply....
Yeah tomorrow evening much better I think

And she didn't come back last night (good!)

So she's made a mistake anyway......cos Dad was actually out last night ! So we'll all be sitting there when she comes back.

My plan is, to write a list of bullet points for tonight of things she definitely said, so I can't forget and she can't back out of it or claim she didn't say it (I also remembered another bit in the fucking row- where she went "Oh, so a fucking ghost did it?" in that tone of voice- fucking horrible)

Also to sit calmly and let her explain to my lovely Dad and DP that she thinks they might have maliciously cut her coat.

Then see what she says!

TBH unless she fucking grovels on her knees (not likely after that fucking last text- minimization or what??) I'm going to be asking her to pack her stuff.

I'm not being "spurred on by hysterical posters"

I have read all the replies, some have opened my eyes, some have been excusing, some have told me not to rock the friendship boat....overall I have taken a middle(ish) ground.....but tbh it's clear she is
a) weird/horrible enough to think that of her oldest friend and her family
b) fucking vicious in a row
c) now backtracking massively

So....thoughts???

And again for the troll hunters in the back......my username currently is always "LanaKanesomething", and I've had various other names going back years.....so bloody well report me and see what MN has to say, yeah?

Sorry wrong thread and reported by me

Can't go to bed without some update OP

Thank you @Orchidflower1 !

I love when MN threads get to the humorous verse stage. So much more fun than troll hunting.

Ah the poetry.

Could she not have just put a couple of stitches in her coat?
It could have easily have been done if she's taken it off and hung it on the back of her chair whilst put. As others have said it could be from a plastic barb through the tag being pulled off. Or again as others have said the security tag being cut out.
Whatever happens during the 'coatgate' summit chin up OP.

I've had a busy day and only just found thread 2 on the Saga of the Ripped/Snipped Barbour settling in with a cup of tea & a biscuit to enjoy the rest of this one

Cheering you on, OP!

@Littlemissdaredevil we need a second verse about the roasties

Any nooz?
LOL to both poems!

No news is.......
No news
Hope everything is ok Op and she’s apologised profusely

Hope you can get it settled in a way that isn't too painful, OP. I had a friend suddenly turn on me and end a friendship once, it was a miserable business. I knew she had serious MH issues but it still came as a shock.

I’m being optimistic and I think it’s all gonna be ok and they’ll totally hug it out. Honestly.

Hope you are ok OP and it went as you wanted it to

I’m still hoping that after talking about this you’re able to resolve it in a way which doesn’t damage the friendship, but either way hope you feel happy with the outcome of your chat tonight.

I'd love for them to have hugged it out but the fact that she was conniving with other friends behind the OP's back kills it for me sadly.

I am also hoping for a positive outcome

Dont hug her too hard OP don't need you tearing the arm of this jacket...

The friend probably won't come back this evening, and then the conversation, when it does happen, will be a complete downplay of events.

Just quoting OoErMissus upthread. I suspect Barbourella has gone to ground and there isn't much more the OP can say. 🤷‍♀️

How about some ee cummings ? i carry your coat with me (I carry it in
my bag) i am never without it. (anywhere i go it goes my friend, and whatever is snipped by me is only your fault my darling)
i fear
no cold (for i have your coat, my sweet) i want
no burberry (for barbour you are my world, my mackintosh)
and its you here, whenever a cloud has always rained and whatever a sun will always dry is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the tear and the point of the scissor and and the edge of the blade and the hem that is weak :which cuts more easily than soul could ever hope or friend can hide)
And this is the torn hem that keeps us friends apart
i carry your coat (i carry it in my bag)

Ooh sinister.

Bravo Vix!!

Shamelessly placemarking

Come on Lara, where's the fucking ironing board?

I've read the threads and while it is about the coat, it is also about diverging friendship and this:

Towards the end of the row she basically said that if someone (looking at me in that way) had a problem with her they should have said instead of ruining her coat.

This is what you need to tackle her about. Ask her and sit calmly while she explains herself.

Friend has been living off you OP, taking the piss. You are struggling, she buys an expensive coat. She should be either cooking tea for you all on a regular basis or taking you out for dinner once in a while. She is saving a fortune.

Hoping she turned up with a load of crispy spuds and a bottle of gin by way of apology.