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Was I unreasonable to sit close to a friends boyfriend as there was lack of chairs to sit on?

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HandsOfMyStinkingBishop · 31/08/2026 18:07

I was at my friend Ivan’s house with his girlfriend Tina and another 2 friends.
There were 2 small 2 seater sofas and so I sat on the floor in front of the sofa Ivan and our friend Jim were sitting on.
I sat more in front of Ivan than Jim but it was so I was facing the other sofa to talk our other friends and see the tv and there was more room that way because of how furniture was arranged.

We were having fish and chips from the chippy, everyone was eating but Tina was sorting hers in the kitchen when we sat down.
When she came back from the kitchen and saw where I was sitting she started ranting saying I was sitting between Ivan’s legs and leaning on him (I wasn’t) and telling me to move.

Our friend Martian said Tina was being paranoid and she got more wound up but Ivan was just calmly eating his fish and shaking his head.
This made Tina even angrier and she said “you just stuff your face and don’t say anything you piggy man” and was making pig snorting noises.
Ivan told her she was being embarrassing but she said “you don’t care about me, you are just a fat greedy warthog more bothered about gulping that down then anything else” then she told me to leave and said I was as bad as him and threw some of her chips at me!

Martin tried to calm her down but I left and told Tina to grow up, it was a ridiculous overreaction to a non event.

No one had been drinking and I’ve name changed for this.
I’m upset as we’ve all been friends for over 20 years and Tina should trust me, was I wrong to sit in front of her boyfriend? (even though it wasn’t touching him and I was sat in front of Jim as well.)
I’ve never seen her behave anything like that before and she was sobbing as well was shouting so she was upset as well as angry.
We are in our late 30’s not young so it was bizarre behaviour from an adult.

Would I BU to just ignore her until I get an apology or should I apologise and check she’s ok and find out why she lost the plot and reassure her nothing is going on between me and Ivan?
There must be more to it and his reaction seemed like he’d had enough.

I know this sounds like made up nonsense and I really wasn’t sure about posting because I would struggle to believe it if I read it but this is a genuine post and I’ve been a regular contributor on this site for years and wouldn’t waste peoples time by making troll posts.

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Millytante · 01/09/2026 20:24

TheLambtonWorm · 31/08/2026 19:00

Vicky Pollard would have said worse than "piggy man" ... Tbh who the fuck talks like this irl?

Zackly! What very peculiar phrasing, and even ‘warthog’ sounds somehow off, given how rarely such creatures pop up in popular culture/on tv. (Unless the guy actually looks like Cromwell, of course)

ConstitutionHill · 01/09/2026 20:28

Your friend is a Martian?

NoisyHiker · 01/09/2026 20:29

Well, that sounds like a unique situation.

Certainly doesn't match up to any reality I have experienced.

que GIF
Skates · 01/09/2026 21:02

Naa sorry but I think this is a bullshit post. Who the hell calls anyone piggy man

XMissPlacedX · 01/09/2026 21:50

Piggy man 🐷 lol. I remember my mum throwing my dads bag of chips across the room once when I was little as he hadnt asked her if she wanted anything from the chip shop on his way home from the pub one night. Not that anyone needed to know that, but it just brought back memories.

MrsMillyFluff · 01/09/2026 21:54

Are you all ten years old? 🤔

calflions · 01/09/2026 21:57

I think sounds like someone whose first language isn't English, I'm thinking like the girlfriend and sister in Stath Lets Flats

Millytante · 01/09/2026 22:00

calflions · 01/09/2026 21:57

I think sounds like someone whose first language isn't English, I'm thinking like the girlfriend and sister in Stath Lets Flats

Now you place her like that, it rings true. (That actress plays a very vocal vampire in What We Do In The Shadows, and brought those kinks of language with her, to very good effect)

calflions · 01/09/2026 23:55

Yes! I can see the whole thing as a scene from WWDITS with Nadja getting angry with OP - it's got a vampire like other worldly bonkersness to it. The OP character would have chips thrown at her but then also get her head ripped off, which Guillermo would then have to clean up, and his chips would be all covered in gunk and inedible.

Rescuedog12 · 07/09/2026 10:58

I think it was rude for Ivan to leave you sitting on the floor, but you shouldn't have been between his legs.

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