mancityvstoke
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- The only football team to come from Manchester
Take her for a walk ....along the canal
made me laugh anywayPhoebe Chandler Rachel Joey Ross and Monica not seen em for years, Friends meh
Happened to me this. Three best mates, me included, and we were relatively inseparable. He got a really strange new GF who barely had any social skills whatsoever - she'd sit in silence regardless of what was said. We (me and his other mate) struggled to connect with his new girlfriend at all. He was still living at home, she effectively moved in but never left his room which caused tensions between his sister/mum and her/him. It was weird behaviour tbf. It kicked off one day and he moved out, next minute we know he disappeared, changed his phone number and he's blanked everyone ever, including his sister and mum since. Four years ago that. Me and my other mate have made countless efforts to track him down and get in touch but he's never returned any calls/letters to his work/emails or whatever.
Just baffling. He cited depression only a few months earlier, saying once that was jealous of what we'd achieved too (my band had just got signed at the time and my other mate got a promotion at his job), which though understandable, cos jealousy happens when mates do well, it was a little harsh as we never threw it in his face. We were incredibly supportive emotionally to him. Things were fine too before it kicked off with his mum/gf. We were v good mates and had been really close as a group for about 8/9 years. He'd been friends with the other lad for 20 years! Really got me down for a very long time when he just upped and leaved. He was close to my family, even just calling round and visiting them even if i wasnt in. He was that comfortable. Even stranger thing is that he worked with his GF too. Spent literally 24/7 with her, which wasn't healthy, especially given she had vague sociopathic tendencies. She totally cut off all access to us through emotional blackmail at times.
He's still with her as far as i can tell and engaged now. Lives somewhere in Manchester but i cant work it out. I've basically given up and i still got messages from his sister whos devastated. She asked me only last week if id heard from him......*gone* just like that. Unsurprisingly, it's learned. His dad did the same to him when he was thirteen...hmm.
Does this happen to any of you? A friend who I was really close to, saw and spoke to every single day has just dropped me. I'm going through issues and told her and she said she'd be there for me but since then nothing. Whenever I call she doesn't answer, and when I've texted her she's always said she's busy and she'll call me but she never does. It's really upsetting but I've just decided to stop making an effort. What else can I do? Sorry for the miserable thread lol
I've ignored Facebook friend requests from people I knew as a kid / young adult.
Is this shitty? I just don't think I've much in common with them anymore.