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to expect my friend to ask how I am?

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SixtyFootDoll · 26/03/2010 18:55

Friend phoned today
Had a half hour conversation about
her health
her son
her ex
her night out.

Not even a 'how are you?'

Am thinkng of texting her ' we had a great weekend away, thanks for asking'
or is that too passive - aggressive?

Grrrr
I prob ABU but need to vent.

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JimJammum · 26/03/2010 19:10

I have a "friend" like that at the mo. Totally self-obsessed. I have moved house and she has come twice and not made any comment other than a sneery "you've got the family house now then, haven't you?" That's only part of the story, but haven't the energy to regurgitate it all here. Quite frankly, I am considering a slow removal of the friendship from my life until she wakes up to the world around her.
I know another friend, and my sil, both have self-obsessed friends and who say life's too short to listen to their melodramas.

SixtyFootDoll · 27/03/2010 00:54

Yes am thinking of extricating myself!

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luluvalentine · 27/03/2010 01:03

I ditched one like this - sometimes think it was too harsh but then think of the one sided conversation and it exhausts me

gmtbst · 27/03/2010 01:11

What are her good points, you must be friends for a reason?

gtamom · 27/03/2010 01:25

Does she shows care and concern for you other than this one phone call? Is she stressed out and overwhelmed or preoccupied? Would you say she is like this most of the time, or sometimes?
I don't mind people rambling, I have a cousin like this. But she genuinely does care about others and shows it in many other ways. She just happens to be a windbag, lol.

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