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

[Discoprincess6]

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???

Oh no she never sent me anything with cats on. She said she wanted to but I said no outright. I should have said she was a weirdo there and then.

I think you’ve been blamed a lot for her actions on here too OP. I’d feel equally uneasy navigating no contact with her now too. She has no context for why you’ve suddenly blocked her & doubt she’ll have the kind of insight or empathy to say oh it must be been my psycho comments about skinning OP’s cat. So I think it’s only natural to worry you’ll bump into her etc or how she’s responding to your (as far as she’s concerned) out of the blue block. If that’s what she jokes about when you two were friends - what’s like when scorned or effectively ghosted? Easy to say block & move on but that’s uncomfortable on both sides. I’d be keeping my kitty close just in case tho! (I know she doesn’t know where you live so she’s not going to do anything - she just sounds a bit of a loose cannon & troubling. Rehearse now what you’ll say so you’re primed & ready to assert yourself shld you happen to cross paths b’cos if you don’t like confrontation it’s good to have verbalised beforehand it so the words are there when you need them. Good luck!

I did wonder if she was one of those strange vegetarians or vegans that are trying to convert you by sending you cruel videos, but when I read your post properly, I don’t think so at all.

I agree actually. It might’ve been better to actually have sent a message to say I don’t feel comfortable with these videos, they’re disturbing, don’t want to continue our friendship anymore etc. and then block.

This needed a trigger warning. It’s revolting. Friend is a psychopath. Cut all contact.

I know. Everyone please accept my apologies. I’ve never put anything like this up before or read anything like this so didn’t know.

I think I will do. She knows the area I socialise with my partner in.

im also avoiding places where I think she will be like an area further into the city where I know she goes and the park.