Is this weird or am I being too serious? *Content warning- animal cruelty* edited by MNHQ

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Hi please tell me honestly if this is me being too serious or am I right?

I love animals and never want to see any being harmed. I have my own cat who is my little shadow and best friend.

I have a new friend (6 months give or take.) She knows I love animals and how much I love my cat.

Anyway, she keeps saying how much she dislikes cats and is going to skin mine when she comes to visit. I laughed this off.

she sent me a vid where an animal was being mistreated and I asked her not to send me anything like that, sort of laughed this off.

She told me she previously went to a festival and left her dog home alone without no one coming to feed it etc for 4 days. She gave the dog up eventually. I didn’t comment.

Last night she sent me a video of two rabbits all well and fluffy at first then the video cuts out and then two rabbits skinned and put on sticks appear, they’re then cooked and eaten.

I politely asked her not to send me anything like that. She said I’m a meat eater so shouldn’t be bothered. I said I know I am but I don’t want to see videos like this.

is this weird? She hasn’t said she’s joking but seems to find winding me up like this amusing. I’m rethinking my friendship???

I'd also tell her exactly why you're blocking her and I wouldn't be polite about it either!

I have to say, you rarely see a 100% poll on MN, but the fact that it’s currently at 100% should tell you something, OP! Y are DNBU.

Im guessing OP doesn't know what the videos are until she's opened them? Either way, get rid

A friend’s DH is like this. It’s like it amuses him, and people being disgusted by his antics seems to give him a bit of a kick. Everyone thinks he’s an immature prat and have nothing to do with him (probably a sociopath as well tbh)

Don't let her any where near your cat. Not joking.

She sounds like a psychopath and I'm not using that term lightly. I'd be absolutely ending the friendship.

Oh that’s nasty

and o don’t like cats at all

I opened the video because it was a vid of two fluffy rabbits. I didn’t know it was going to be that until I watched it. She’s only previously sent me one video which I asked her not too again. She obvs didn’t listen so no I’m not going to be friends with her again. I’m experiencing a low in my life due to mental health so I don’t really have much get up and go at the moment. I’m not weird thanks.

I'd distance myself from a friend of 20 years if they started saying and sending stuff like that.

You've known her 6 months, block and bin her off.

She sounds deranged, seeking out things like that. Block her. Avoid her.

Tell people why. Its so weird. No one would think that was nornal unless they were a people pleaser and terrified of someone, and or had a gun to their head.

I can't believe you have to ask tbh!!

Does she know where you live? Lock down all your social media. I would even go as far as changing profile pictures to something generic. She sounds mentally unwell.

People who wish harm on anyone vulnerable, children, animals, old people etc. are psychopaths. Plain and simple.

There is well documented evidence that serial killers often start with animals as they can’t fight back or speak up and then progress to children etc.

That would be the end of our friendship OP. She sounds like a danger.

Say goodbye

The new person you're hanging out with has extremely concerning issues around animal abuse and has zero regard for your boundaries.

Seriously. Keep her away from your cat.

Keep her away from you.

Keep your head on a swivel and pay attention. Look up personal safety measures you can implement where you are.

This is no joke.

Yea, nah, she’s obviously a complete wrong’un and I’m sorry you’ve fallen foul to her weirdness when you’re just looking to make new friends. With that being said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a small circle of close friends, you know where you stand with them and there’s no hassle (or much less anyway!)

She is absolutely mental OP. Tell her if she sends you anything like that again, you’ll block her. And back away from this friendship, pronto.

'I didn’t comment.'

Why on earth not?

How did you become so bloody agreeable?

Get rid of this friend and ask yourself why you are having to ask other people if her behaviour is 'weird'.

Why you haven't cut her off already is beyond me. Did you challenge her when she said she left her dog home alone for 4 days? If one of my friends said that they had done that to me I'd make sure they knew that behaviour was disgusting. It feels like she sees you as quite passive.

There's something very wrong with her. Bin her off and don't speak to her again, honestly at this point I'd just block her on everything and ghost her.

Life is too short for inviting stress like this into your life. I understand the desire for more friends, but you still need standards. Get rid.

Tell her to fuck off you psycho and block her

That's because it's not funny 😕

You’re feeling lonely and have said that you’re not as assertive as you used to be. People like this ‘friend’ can sniff people like this out. They either use them or pretend to be their friend while laughing at them and being purposely unkind for kicks.

Don’t block her. She might turn nasty. Reduce your contact with her, and become very boring. Find a ‘new hobby’ that you want to talk about all the time when you meet her. Make it the most boring thing ever (but believable). Your aim is to get her to unfriend you.

Theres clearly something unhinged & mentally unwell about her. Id cut ties altogether & report her for sending the videos

Where did you meet this friend just out of curiosity did she approach you ?