09/30/2026
Friend and I had an uncomfortable tense moment today
For context, we’ve been friends for about a year now. She’s not affectionate whatsoever, she rarely compliments me but that never really bothered me. However, what does bother me is that while she doesn’t compliment me, she points out all my flaws. Not physical but like my habits and stuff. I never realized how many little habits I had until she started pointing them out all the time. “You take too long in the mirror.” “You do this. You do that”. And she says it half jokingly but i know deep down she probably finds these things annoying. Every single time we hang out, I can count on her to point out any small flaw of mine. And at first I thought I was being dramatic, you know friends tease each other but I always say nice things about her so it’s been getting under my skin a bit.
Today, we were at goodwill and I accidentally knocked a calculator off the shelf. The battery fell out so I picked it up off the ground and put it down on the shelf in front of me because I had things in my hand so I couldn’t put it back in right away. And she goes “at least fix it, you’re such a bad customer” and I said a bit annoyed “I was going to, I have things in my hand”. It quickly became awkward and she started walking ahead of me to check out. The entire 10 minute car ride afterwards was nothing but silence. I tried to start a conversation twice but she just answered like she was annoyed so I didn’t talk the rest of the ride.
After she dropped me off, she texted me “that was uncomfortable.” I immediately responded “yeah I know. I’m not entirely sure what happened. Did I upset you?” She keeps leaving me on delivered even though I reply immediately after. Not sure what to think about this.