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My friends exhaust me

27 replies

CrotchBurn · 26/11/2020 07:48

Disclaimer: they are totally normal, great people. I think I'M the problem not them.

Just wanted to see if I'm alone in feeling this way.

Sometimes it feels almost like a part time job, catching up with people, returning phone calls, responding to whatsapp, etc.

So it feels like I work all day and then at the back of my mind it's like...."Fuck, I told X we would catch up on the phone this week and it's already thursday". And Y sent me multiple texts and I havent responded yet. Z sent me WhatsApp voice messages I havent listened to and I know she can see I've been online since she sent them on Sunday

You get the idea. Then, when you manage to clear your "backlog", obviously each person is them responding again, so it's like never ending.

I am NOT ungrateful and I love my friends. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same? Can it be normal to feel this way?

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OptimisticSix · 26/11/2020 13:02

Yanbu, a few years ago this was me. Then I took a break and honestly now I don't really have any close friends. They moved on. I think there must be a middle ground somewhere Grin

VetiverAndLavender · 26/11/2020 13:31

Absolutely agree, and this is why I no longer have friends. 😂 Husband, family, and dogs are more than enough, atm!

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