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Don't want to fall out with closest friend

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awkwardsituatio · 05/03/2020 17:39

Try not to drip feed so bit long

Around a year ago me and DP had a break in our relationship then I started seeing someone else. I really liked him and we spent some time together but I couldn't get over my DP so when the chance to get back together came I took it and now we have a DS together and our relationship is great and stronger then ever.

So now my closest friend has just split with her boyfriend and has informed me she's started talking to the other guy. Now I feel really uncomfortable about this because she's done something similar before and I don't know if I'm just being unreasonable or if I have a right to feel uncomfortable about it. She's always on and off with relationships and none ever last and I always get the impression she slightly jealous of my five year relationship and the family I now have but I don't want to fall out with her over this and I don't really know what to say to her. Any advice would be appreciated.

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SummerWhisper · 05/03/2020 19:13

Focus on your current relationship. You are being unfair to your partner. Imagine him being upset that his friend was seeing his ex. Also, I think you feel your territory has been stamped on: it hasn't. You ended it. Your friend is being annoying and selfish but he is no longer your concern. Don't engage with her.

Grumpelstilskin · 05/03/2020 20:07

Actually, this isn't about the ex or current partner, this is about a toxic friend that lacks some pretty basic respect and seems in some sort of competition for attention.

Tunnocks34 · 05/03/2020 20:22

I dunno, I mean in all honesty you say you and your OH split a year ago, yet now have a baby.

So you couldn’t have been with him for more than a few weeks in all fairness. I would personally just call that dating - not a full relationship.

If you don’t have feeling for him anymore - then ignore it. Tell her you’re happy she has found someone she likes but you uncomfortable discussing him with her and then focus on your own unit.

She maybe toxic, she may have thought he was good looking and since you dumped him after a few weeks, and now have a baby with someone else you really wouldn’t care.

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