Why would a grown woman do this?

[RooBee17]

I have been attending a local slimming group for almost 2 years now. On the same day i started another new member joined and we became good friends. We socialisd outside of group and took our kids out for days out.
7 months after starting slimming I gained a little confidence in myself and started dating a man I am still with now.
My friend met him once and she seemed really happy for me.
In the past few months my friend gave up slimming so doesn't go anymore so I go it alone.
Recently my boyfriend attended a group with me on his day off work. I have made good friends there and I talk about slimming a lot so he came to check it out.
I returned the following week on my own and the ladies were shocked.
"Your boyfriend isn't what we expected "
I found out from them that on a week I wasn't present my friend showed them a pic of my boyfriend. Except it wasn't him.
It seems she had googled someone with extreme facial tattoos and piercings and claimed it was him!
I messaged her when I got home. It wasn't confrontational. I just said the ladies were a bit surprised when my boyfriend showed up as he wasn't anything like they had been shown and I then mentioned the photo she had showed them.
I don't know what I expected her to say but she just played dumb and said she had no idea what I was talking about.
I can't work it out, but I am done with this friendship now. I really can't be bothered with such childish behaviour.
Just had to get this off my chest!

How weird of her. I’d assume jealous and give her a wide birth.
Not unusual for people to occasionally bring someone in it’s a social group. They don’t read your weight out! Mostly women but some men do go.
It’s a group of people having a brew and a chat. You get to know people.

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It all does make sense, if your reading comprehension level is above 7 years old.

It sounds like you weren't very good friends if you've just run with the story that she intentionally misled others in the slimming group and showed them pictures of someone else saying it was your boyfriend when she denies any knowledge of this and ended the friendship over it. As neither of you seems interested in continuing the relationship, though, no harm done. I wouldn't waste any time trying to figure out why she might have done this when you have no idea if she actually did. (Plus the "is she single?" stuff is edging uncomfortably close to misogyny; not every woman is desperate for a man.)

How?

Weird behaviour.
Worse to act dumb.
Women can be such jealous biarches.

I think you have dodged a curve ball. She sounds like a real bunny boiler!

Seriously? This is a slimming club. The attendees will no doubt be very self conscious about their… weight.

And they want someone’s boyfriend there as they all get their weigh ins and maybe discuss having a bad week, a binge etc?

Did you really need someone to spell that out to you @estrella167532839 ?

Yes, she mentioned it, but it's not what her thread is about. It is not what she is asking about..

Why would a grown woman take her DP to a slimming club? would be my AIBU.

Why are people intent on derailing the thread by going off at a tangent about something that is NOT the point of the thread?

So bizarre as to be hilarious.
The only thing to do is laugh and stay well clear.

Yes, perfectly sure. Her thread is about her ex friend. It is not about her boyfriend going to the Slimming Group.(as weird as I find that).

she replied to you because she has manners not because it was the point of the thread.

And it would be irrelevant because this is relationships 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Only if they have poor comprehension skills.

Him attending the meeting, only relates to the questions she had about her ex friend, there is no need to know why he went. How normal is for a partner to go or how weird other people think it is, it's irrelevant to the point of the thread., but I don't expect people with poor comprehension skills to understand that.

Well,it can't be helped if your comprehension skills are low & you would rather derail the thread, then engage with the OP about the issue she posted about.

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I'm not surprised you've heard it before.

How can it be derailing when it’s the main point of the post? If OP hadn’t taken her DP to slimming club, the rest would t have happened.

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