Hi all,
I've got a friend who I've know for 8 yrs. She's been a good friend but I would say I'm more there for her in terms of listening and providing perspective when she's going through something. Her living situation is terrible with her partner and I'm always there every week to let her offload and get things off her chest. We meet up every week and we chat over the phone too. I value her friendship.
Anyway, yesterday she said that this lady who she has been friends with for a short while (because their children are friends from scouts group) has not been responding to her messages. And she thinks that's because her son mentioned to this lady's son that he knows my son and we meet up a lot. This lady who is her friend goes to my kids' school. Our sons are in the same class but whenever I try to make eye contact to say hello, she always looks away or when I open the gate and she's there she will just look down, so I've never actually had a conversation with her. I got the impression maybe she doesn't want to talk to me or she's busy. But for my friend to say she thinks that she's stopped talking ti her because of my son or me. My son doesn't play with her son in school, they're a two form school and he has his own set of friends.
It almost felt like she was blaming myself and my son for her so-called friend not talking to her. She said ever since my son told her son that he knows "Alfie" she has stopped talking to me. That lady in question has seen my friend and I together and will always say hello to my friend but won't acknowledge me not even a friendly smile or a quick hi, which is fine and my friend knows this is how she behaves with me so why on earth is she thinking that her friend isn't talking to her because of me.
It feels like she's almost blaming us for her friend not talking to her.
AIBU to be a little upset and taken aback by this??