Hi community, I can be socially awkward sometimes but there is a friend who constantly frustrates me and I am wondering if I am reading too much into it or he is gashlighting me.
I would like to clarify that English is my second language, but my friend and I communicate in our native language, so it is not a language barrier or lost in translation.
The incident that made me put a hard stop to meeting was when at the end of our afternoon, heading home, I asked him where he had parked. He stopped with eyes wide open, in shock and asked me if I was alright. With exaggerated gestures, he acted if I needed to be committed to an asylum because apparently he had told me before that he did not being his car. I said that I did not remember him telling me, but in any case, it was easy to just remind me he had not brought it. He then texted me on my way home to tell me again how worried he was about me. That day I thought he was abusive and decided to put distance.
We haven't talked a lot since then, but about 6 months ago he sent me a message saying that he would be moving to my home country by the end of the summer (2021). A couple of weeks ago, I asked him if he was in my home country already or still living here. where he was these days. He told me he was in Mexico visiting for 2 weeks. So I asked again: where do you live? He answered that he did not understand the question. At this point, I feel frustrated and doubting myself. Am I stupid or can't I express myself properly?
Another instance: I told him that I had had a fall out with my best friend and that we had not talked since the day she told me she was pregnant, about 6 months ago. His comment: where is the baby going to be born? here, in your country or in her fiance's country?
hmmm did you get the part where I said we don't talk anymore???? I found his comment so strange. A "I am sorry" or "what happened?" Would have been more appropriate.
Please tell me what you think. Is it my social/conversational skills or this friend is a mindf**k?