A friend and I both went to the British Grand Prix this past weekend. We're both in our late twenties, and have been friends for nearly a decade. Before this weekend, I would've called her my best friend.
For context, this friend has always been spoilt by her mum, but I had never really got a taste of just how bad it was. She was in a minor car accident about 7 weeks ago, and at the time had "severe" bruising to her legs. Since then, she has said she cannot walk for more than 10 minutes at a time, and was signed off sick. Her work told her if she went to the Grand Prix, she had to go back to work, as she would be active all day for the entire weekend.
The first problem was she ended up being over two hours late. She was supposed to prick me up from the station, left two hours later than she was supposed to and then ended up leaving me to walk about two miles to a spot where she could pick me up - promising me she was only 5 minutes away the entire time.
Then she, to put it simply, had tantrums both days. On the Saturday it was because the weather was bad and she wanted to upgrade to a grandstand ticket - I said no, when I booked the tickets in September I had asked if she wanted a grandstand ticket. She said no. Our original tickets were £259, the cheapest grandstand tickets when I booked were around £450, if I remember correctly. On the Saturday, she wanted to spend £150 to upgrade for just the Sunday. I explained this was too expensive and she kicked off. She whinged, cried and sulked, and ignored me for the rest of the day.
We ended up in a pretty rubbish spot as we had general admission and had got to the track around 11:30. So we agreed that on the Sunday we would leave around 7, with an aim of getting to the track for 9am ish.
On the Sunday, she threw a tantrum because her phone hadn't connected to the car properly, and she hadn't wanted to leave as early as we did. She was slamming her hands against the steering wheel, crying that she couldn't drive without music and swerving all over the road. Again, she ignored me for the whole day, choosing to spend her day with her head buried in her phone and on the phone to her entire family (mum, grandmother, brothers, aunties, uncles). She barely spoke to me and I had to stand there on my own like a bit of an idiot.
We get to the track and it's sunny, so I buy a hat (Ferrari fan), she looks me up and down, laughs and says I look stupid. She comments a few times that I'm stupid and should be a fan of another team.
The race ends, I wanted to stay and watch the podium ceremony - she said no because she wanted to go. Fine, I went, it was a shame but I caught up on it later. We got directed to leave one way, and she whines the entire way because we walked a bit further. She was crying saying her legs hurt and it was my fault as if we had gone the other way (that we were told we could not follow) we would've got there quicker. We wouldn't have, it was the same distance, just inside the track instead of outside.
The entire weekend just felt like it was a petty, school child level trip. Everything I said was met with a snarky comment and she continually told me I was stupid and and idiot.
Driving back from the circuit she ignores me again, kicked me out of her car at my hotel and has sent me a cleaning bill for the boot of her car - because her muddy shoes were in the back!!! I had wrapped mine up in a rain poncho on her instructions.
Apart from that text, she hasn't spoken to me since. I have texted a couple times to ask how going back to work was, and some F1 news, and she has read the messages and not answered.
To be honest I felt like an idiot the entire weekend. I would've been better off going on my own and I really regret going, even though it was an amazing weekend I hated every second I spent with her.
DH says I'm silly for ending a nearly ten year long friendship over one bad weekend. I feel like I can't be friends with her after she acted so stupid and childish for the weekend. AIBU to block her and not speak to her again?