My Best Friend Wouldn’t Stop Pushing His Shop, and It Blew Up Our Friendship
One of our readers recently wrote to us about a friendship that’s getting weighed down by constant demands for support, and we decided to jump in and help them sort through it. If you’ve ever dealt with a friend crossing your boundaries, you’ll probably relate. And hey, if you’ve got a story of your own, you’re always welcome to share it with us too.
So, here’s the deal. My best friend recently started an online shop. At first, it was harmless, he asked me to “like” his page, which I was totally fine with. Then it turned into “share this” requests. Cool, I get it, promotion’s important.
But then it got exhausting. He kept messaging me literally every day, asking me to buy stuff I didn’t need. And, not gonna lie, I even caved a few times because I didn’t wanna hurt his feelings.
Eventually, I just got tired and said, “Hey, I’m busy, sorry,” and stopped replying so much. And that’s when he snapped. He told me, “You aren’t happy for my success!” I tried to smooth things over and pretended to be supportive when he asked again.
But two days later, he showed up at my place crying. Turns out he was embarrassed because I’d talked to a few mutual friends about feeling used, and they all admitted feeling the same way. And then one of them let it slip to him.
