Relationships
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

...

l+charles12l+charles12 member
First Comment
edited August 2014 in Relationships

Re: ...

  • imagel+charles12:

    i feel like my best friend doesn't like me anymore!  anytime we go out by ourselves, the night ends in a terrible fight.  the last time, she spent the entire cab ride berating me.  

    she says i've changed since getting married, which is true.  i'm not interested in bar hopping and doing the same things i did when i was single.  i feel like she's changed too, into a mean, aggressive person who i don't recognize and don't want to be around.  

    she's told me that she's jealous of the fact that i'm married.  i'm not going to act like i'm not married though!  my husband sees how things are changing, and the way she acts is making him not like her anymore. 

    i don't want to lose her and i don't want my husband to dislike her.  how do i fix this?

     

     

    You can't fix this, only she can fix it. She is jealous and has told you this. She is acting like an a$$ and if I was you I'd let this friendship go. In a year or two she may come around or have a different set of circumstances or grow up, then you might be able to have a friendship again.  

  • Do yourself a favor: Ditch this "friend."

    Sounds like you and she are now at odds. Anybody that you constantly fight with is not a friend at all --- there's nothing here to lose; it's already gone.

    This happens. Not to worry. GL>

  • For her to tell you she is jealous might be her way of asking for a letting help. did you ask her what it was she is jealous over? instead of going out together why dont you invite her over for dinner one evening when your husband is out and talk openly about the issues she has. it sounds like you have been friends for a long time and if things have changed for you quite a lot she might feel she is losing her safe haven.

    talk to her before u lose what was once a good friendship

     good luck

  • OMG. I just teared up reading your post because I just cried yesterday over my best friend. (we have been best friends since pre-school) She warned me that things would be different once I got married and they sure are, but on her part. She doesn't call or return my texts, she never wants to go out with me anymore and it hurts so bad.

    Enough of me, sorry. I understand your DH not liking her as much anymore because my DH hates to see me hurting and if she is causing me pain, then he says just let her be, so I think that is why your DH doesn't care for her as much.

    I say, just let her be. It will be hard if that's your best friend because I am hurting right now over mine, but you can't make her change. I understand that you don't want to loose her, but I think she is going through some things right now and you can't do anything about it. You can talk to her and see if you two can come to a mends, but if she is not willing, then just move on with your life.

    PS-Since she clearly told you that she is jealous, you know what the deal is. Maybe try and do other things together besides bar hopping.  

    Good luck!

    Daisypath Anniversary tickers
    TTC since September 2012
  • YOu can't control her being jealous, and on that front... that's ALL her.  Not you.

     But I want to probe this "now that your'e married".  WHen you were dating/engaged to your DH, did you go out?  If so, what suddenly changed when you got married? 

    I still go out to bars.  Usually w/ DH, but sometimes w/ just girlfriends.  I'm not going to pick up guys, and granted, if my friends were doing that - I'd have no interest in going.

    But just the basic concept of going out to a bar- why does being married mean you don't do that, and why is it about being MARRIED?  WHy did you do it while dating your DH? 

    "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
    ~Benjamin Franklin

    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10

  • imageEastCoastBride:

    YOu can't control her being jealous, and on that front... that's ALL her.  Not you.

     But I want to probe this "now that your'e married".  WHen you were dating/engaged to your DH, did you go out?  If so, what suddenly changed when you got married? 

    I still go out to bars.  Usually w/ DH, but sometimes w/ just girlfriends.  I'm not going to pick up guys, and granted, if my friends were doing that - I'd have no interest in going.

    But just the basic concept of going out to a bar- why does being married mean you don't do that, and why is it about being MARRIED?  WHy did you do it while dating your DH? 

    This. Usually people stop bar hopping because they find it stupid or they just aren't interested. Not because they get married.  So did you stop going out because YOU wanted to/because your husband wanted you to/because it is unbecoming of a married person? Because the last two reasons are bullsh*t. The only reasons someone should ever stop is because they truly have no interest.

     

    On the real reason why you posted. Your friend doesn't sound like a friend 

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
  • It was the same way with my former friend.  We would disagree all the time because she started being controlling over all these aspects of our friendship- communication, getting together etc.  And if it didn't go her way then she got mad and mean about it.  Finally, she ended the friendship all together.  I never asked her why because I thought jealousy was a factor and because I was done too.  She had been mean to me in the past due to jealousy.  My H also hates her.  You can try talking to her, but it may not do any good.
  • The transition from a single friend to a married one is hard on any one. I would give this friend some space until she matures enough to be able to accept her newly married friend. 

     

    I had a friend that got married right out of high school, I didn't know how to be her friend at that time (add moving a few hours away to the mix). But now I feel like if I lived closer we could be great friends. I have matured and now know how to act around married couples.  

  • l+charles12l+charles12 member
    First Comment
    edited August 2014
  • My best friend and I are still very close, but our friendship has changed since I got married.  She had been in school out of state and when she graduated and moved back, I was then dating my bf (now H) seriously.  She wanted to hang out all the time and go out like when we were single, but now I wanted to spend time with bf and wasn't so interested in going out to bars trying to meet guys.  We got into a big fight and she accused me of bring a bad friend and of changing.  She never wanted to hang out with my bf and only had bad things to say about him.  (Family, other friends, and most importantly ME loved him!)  It took a while but we finally worked things out.  I made an effort to spend more time with her just the two of us, and she made an effort to get to know bf.  I know she was jealous, which I couldn't control, but I did need to make more of an effort because she was my best friend for a reason.  Our friendship is different than it was, because my H is now who I turn to the most, but she's still my bestie and there for me when I need to vent about something that H doesn't really need to hear!  (Plus, she is engaged now, so most of the jealousy and feelings of me "deserting" her have faded.)
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards