to cut them off or to tolerate? friendship advice please.

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Yeah it's me again lmao. So like I know I've been posting hella blogs lately but my life is a slight mess and I thoroughly enjoy the slight anonymity of asking people for advice without being judged and also getting unbiased views.

So I recently posted about how I get insanely angry when someone s on something I'm passionate about. Well one of the reasons I typed that up was because I've been having issues with my best friend's boyfriend - they've been together for a year and a half - who's white and tends to on the Black Lives Matter movement a lot.

We've never really gotten along like whenever I first found out they were dating, I followed him on instagram and saw some of the idiotic he posted about the movement and things like that. And then we argued before because he had a confederate flag on his car and I think it's a symbol of racism. All of these times my best friend whom I've known for nearly five years has basically tried to remain neutral. I've never wanted to on her boyfriend so I just unfollowed him and tried to leave it at that.

So basically in light of recent issues in America, I posted pictures supporting the BLM movement.  So out of nowhere - remember I'm not following him and vice versa I think - her boyfriend, we'll call him Will, comments on my picture basically berating the movement. Thus I reply, and we go back and forth and finally I just decide to block him and get it over with. I was already mad that he came all the way to my page just to leave his ignorant opinion but I tried my best to not take it out on my friend, we'll call her Nancy.

Then, literally today, someone, lets call them Ben, whom I don't even follow - like I literally didn't even know they existed - comes and comments on the same photo in which I was arguing with Will on, and starts to repeat the same crap for the most part and basically call me ignorant, blind, etc. So I start to get a little pissed off and curious because we've never even made eye contact before, I've never even been in his presence. Thus I do some digging and I find out that Ben and Will are friends and they graduated in the same class and they follow each other on instagram and are friends on facebook. Thus I block Ben, and like now I'm sitting here and I'm pretty pissed off.

Like for one, I've never sent any of my friends or acquaintances to Will's page to jump on him. And secondly, like it makes me kind of pissed off at Nancy. Like I mean to me, I'm not here for any type of discrimination. I've literally stood up for all of my friends to people whom have tried to attack them whether it be for their ual orientation, race, or anything else. I would even stick up for them to my own mother if I had to. So for me, the fact that Nancy turns a blind eye to all of this is just shady. Like a five year friendship should be worth more than a relationship with a racist white dude who also has an asian imo. So at the very least I feel as if she should at least tell him to back off.

 

Thus I want to tell her how I feel because I don't like swallowing down my feelings, but I want to be sure that I'm being reasonable. Like do you think it's reasonable?

Also this isn't an invitation for you to try and come here and pop off about the Black Lives Matter Movement because I'll actually shut you down.

I'm really just trying to figure out if it's okay to feel a little betrayed.

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tearydreams 8 years ago
People can be inexplicably dumb at times babe. Just call your friend out privately and have a heart to heart honest talk with her. If she's the type that blindly listens to her boyfriend instead of reason- I'm sorry- i wouldn't recommend trying to make a person see something they refuse to. But if she does listen to what you have to say then- good. Work on getting Will out of her life first. This kind of people don't even deserve any respect- much less a relationship.
And yes. Its not wrong to feel betrayed. Actually, that is the right thing to do.
THEHUNTRESS 8 years ago
honestly her boyfriend is an asswipe if i was you i would have alread choked the guy to the death, for nancy however when people get into relationships they never realize how toxic their partner can be... toxic partner = toxic relationship imo unless Will learns better but come on we all see lots of "Will's" in our lives. i dont really think he will learn better and your bestfriend will probably realize that after they break up. unless she thinks the same way but i dont think she would be your bestfriend if she thought the same way as him? I think firstly you should tell her what went down if she doesn't know and ask her what she thinks about them all. Then you should tell her what you feel.
Kii-chan10 8 years ago
how can anyone be against Back Lives Matter, like doesn't that indicate there's something wrong with that person... I mean, you don't have to support it actively and passionately or something, but you seriously don't have to hate on it or attack people on the internet so openly. Just keep this opinion to yourself. And if it was my friend I'd seriously doubt if love hasn't blinded her already. :DD I just don't like people, who judge so easily. -.-
guacamole 8 years ago
tell her how you feel, if she is your best friend, then she'll understand. people are stupid though. if she goes on his side though, drop her. you have better people in your life than the both of them.
-2fckd 8 years ago
DROP DROP DROP THE
DamnDaehyun 8 years ago
You should tell her how you feel and if she doesn't understand how she's in the wrong then ditch her. I think it's pretty uncool to remain "neutral" about matters like this but if you're not on the receiving end of the fence then i guess it seems like it's not a problem for you. But like her, letting him come to you and disrespect you is not cool. You guys are friends, he's entitled to his (stupid) opinion I guess, but then so are you and if you blocked him and left him be instead of starting confrontation, then she should see that he's being belligerent and should tell him to relax and respect you keeping your distance. He shouldn't be allowed to attack you and she stays "neutral" for that. If she thinks thats okay ditch her because it will stress you later and you'll become less of friends if things like this can't be handled appropriately or discussed.
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