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To have not told my friend about this?

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veryembarassedbythis · 26/05/2009 20:58

I have a good friend who is the mother of someone famous in America.

A (supposed) friend of mine whom i am not particularly close to found out today and rung me up to ask why i hadn't told her i was friends with this woman and saying it was selfish etc of me not to tell her. I was both ed and that she was having a go at me over this.

She then went on to ask if i could get her tickets to a concert and whether i could arrange a 'meet up' when my friend and her DD were next in the UK.

I told her no i couldn't and if she was a true friend she wouldn't be asking for this. Then i hung up on her Was i BU to hang up on her?

This is the exact reason i don't tell people as i think they'll only want to be my friend due to connections with my friend's daughter.

(My nickname is not in relation to this thread, is in relation to a previous one! )

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tiredemma · 26/05/2009 20:59

Now you know that we are all intruiged.

Is it Michael Jacksons mum?

Ewe · 26/05/2009 20:59

Ooooh who is it?

YANBU

I have a friend who is the daughter of someone famous and when people make the connection they always want introductions. It's lame.

stillenacht · 26/05/2009 20:59

c'mon.....

who is it???

HerBeatitudeLittleBella · 26/05/2009 20:59

Your friend sounds like a total arsehole tbh.

What perfectly dreadful behaviour.

Is she a Heat reader by any chance?

traceybath · 26/05/2009 21:00

Yanbu.

Your gossipy friend should respect your discretion.

Of course mn will now madly speculate on who it is

endless · 26/05/2009 21:00

No you are NOT BU, DEfo not.
You are bieng loyal and a good friend protecting privacy as a good friend should.

Feck the other woman, you did right putting the phone down on the silly cow.

milkycuntalinasgone · 26/05/2009 21:00

COuldn't possibly call it unless you tell us who said famous person is (to help with context you understand).

Longtalljosie · 26/05/2009 21:02

Whoever it is, you are not being unreasonable.

Your other friend is an idiot.

DorisIsAPinkDragon · 26/05/2009 21:03

Def NBU I would love to have you as a friend knowing that you could be as sensible as this.

She is totally out of order, woud she expect you to manipulate her for the sake of another friend if she were the famous one??? iyswim??

Yurtgirl · 26/05/2009 21:03

I too am intrigued

But YANBU - I would have told her to go away as well

lou33 · 26/05/2009 21:04

yanbu

i am related by marriage to someone v famous, and i always say no when people find out and try to get me to arrange autographs and the like

GypsyMoth · 26/05/2009 21:05

on a scale of one to ten,how famous?

i have known/worked for some fanous people in my nanny days. its human nature to be intrigued by them,but i think a bit unreasonable to hang up on a friend. you could have just laughed it off and said "no,who do you think i am"

HeinzSight · 26/05/2009 21:06

yanbu

But dish it........ c'mon, we won't tell anyone and PROMISE not to ask for tickets or meet up

Original poster
veryembarassedbythis · 26/05/2009 21:06

Am glad people think i was not BU as i've been feeling guilty all evening that i had been out of order to hang up. Glad to know i wasn't!

And no it's not Michael Jackson's mum!!

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veryembarassedbythis · 26/05/2009 21:07

ILoveTIFFANY i would say on a scale of 1 -10, friend's DD is a ten! Probably as famous here as USA, especially with our DCs.

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tiredemma · 26/05/2009 21:08

Hannah Montana?

CarGirl · 26/05/2009 21:09

you just don't ask for that kind of favour do you! You are so NBU, but common spill the beans or at least give us a clue.

GypsyMoth · 26/05/2009 21:09

britney hannah montana type then!!

Ewe · 26/05/2009 21:10

MUST be Hannah Montana

Or Vanessa Hudgens.

FabulousBakerGirl · 26/05/2009 21:10

I am not at all interested in who your famous friend is but your grabby friend sounds lovely.

GypsyMoth · 26/05/2009 21:11

look at us all!!

i know,i'm as bad trying to guess!!

squilly · 26/05/2009 21:15

Yanbu at all.

I know the woman whose DH manages a very famous band who I happen to love, but I wouldn't dream of asking her for anything...not even advance notice of when they're touring! I try not to mention them, even though they're my favourite band.

I do enjoy vicariously listening to what they've been up to though

Original poster
veryembarassedbythis · 26/05/2009 21:19

Eldest DD has had a few problems in the past at school with people who she'd never been friends with before trying to get close to her, inviting her to tea etc all because of said friend's DD. I was as she'd been in class with these girls for five years and had never been friendly with them so i knew it was only to try and meet _.

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Worldsworstmummy · 26/05/2009 21:23

I've been there, done that with the whole fame thing. what most people don't understand is how really boring it is to meet famous people. Really really really. However much one idolised their work, it is extremely rare for any of them to be fascinating in real life. And to be fair, thats not what we ask of them.

So, your fame struck mate should get a grip, to be honest, if she thinks five seconds of saying hi to someone famous is going to be a highlight of her life, then thats pretty sad. iykwim. Enjoy their work, thats the best of them!

Worldsworstmummy · 26/05/2009 21:32

Just meant, my job in a previous life meant rubbing shoulders with loads of 'famous' people, and it aint all that!

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