How do you attempt to approach a friend who is the most unapproachable person ever. The type that ignores and sweeps things under the carpet.
Briefly, we are a group of 4 female friends. We all met at the local school when our children started in reception. Now 2 have fallen out due to their tween children essentially not seeing eye to eye and one parent (parent A) being very blinkered and insistent on only seeing their child’s and their own point of view. (I actually find her child incredibly difficult, manipulative and therefore drama creating) I get that every parent instantly becomes that mama bear and sides with their own.
However, now I appear to be getting the cold shoulder and strong sense of being distanced too from parent A. Which is rapidly worsening week on week. And we have always been the closest. Partly I think because although I have kept impartial, I have attempted to bring up with her a potential other view point on the situation. Which didn’t go down well. I have been more or less ignored from then around the fall out and group separation, however I will get occasional brief texts- pleasantries if you like.
I can’t cope with Elephants in the room. I like to address things but she has form for non addressing.
So I want to ask her to have a chat in the most succinct way getting my point across that it’s important to do so to move on. I find it hurtful and bizarre that a friendship could spiral from weekly meets for tea, drinks and meals out, a trip abroad last year together to this. Any text that I’ve mentioned anything has tended to be brushed over but I’d like to ask her to have a chat now - do you thing that’s reasonable???