SItuation with a friend/advice needed

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I have this situation with my best friend, and we had a rocky past.... I used to have borderline personality, and I caused a lot of frustration on his part through guilt manipulation, and me being clingy and demanding. I have been off medication for nearly two years, and been walking as a new creation in Christ- and I am not like that anymore. We have maintained a great relationship since, and he has helped me out a lot- he is an amazing friend. I have talked about simliar situations before

This particular friend knows this, and sometimes I will ask questions, and everything will be fine- other times I will ask the same question in the same context, and they will put up a wall and accuse me of trying to pry into their personal life.

This brings us to today's situation. I build websites as a side job, and created his website for his business, and he had last week asked me to find out when his renewal was due, and to let him know. So I had to look up information on another site today, and I remembered to look up his. I first called and then texted him and told him I had something to discuss with him on the renewal of his website- he called me back right away, no problem. I tried to tell him something else, completely unrelated to the website- and he just said "ok" etc, and I could tell he was frustrated- and we got off the phone.

I felt really odd after that phone call, and texted him to ask if I had said something frustrating, and the response I get was along the lines of

"I feel like you have only used the website info as an excuse to get me on the phone, obviously I needed the info, but you seem to have used that reason to be on the phone to get something from me"

So I texted him that he was wrong, and I was calling him out on it (something we hold strictly to is calling one another out on things... like The Bible says to do ), and I got no response, I then proceeded to tell him that he does this alot, and I am frustrated that he accuses me of things unfairly.....

No response yet, and I did call - then I texted to apologize for pinning something on him without proof.;.. I would just like your thoughts on the situation.

I am leaning toward letting it be until he contacts me... 
 

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I-guess-it-would-depend,on-what-the-subject-is,that-your-trying-to-discuss,with-your-best-friend,that-is-upsetting-him.

I-am-very-happy-for-you,that-you-have-found-something-in-your-life,that-makes-you-very-happy,and-it-seems-to-make-you-a-better-person,and-make-you-feel-better-about-yourself.

I-don't-understand,what-you-mean-by-calling-someone-on-something.

I-guess-I-need-more-information,as-to-what-is-causing-the-upset.Please-feel-free-to-pawmail-me-if-you-don't-want-to-put-it-on-the-board.

To-put-it-polietly,not-all-my-cat-show-friends-are-into-football.I-am-a-die-hard-Dallas-fan,and-enjoy-talking-about-it-with-other-football-fans.But-I-don't-dominate-every-conversation,with-my-non-football-friends,about-football,like-I-would-with-my-football-friends.They-would-pull-away-from-me,if-I-did.

I-also-think,to-repeatedly-call-and-text-someone,on-a-minor-subject,the-renewal-date,is-boarderllne,clingy.If-he-asked-for-the-renewal-date,then-just-give-that-information-to-him,and-leave-it-at-that.

I-suspect-the-subject-you-are-trying-to-discuss,is-the-issue.Not-trying-to-be-impoliet-or-offensive-or-insensative,lol.Some-don't-want-to-hear-about-football-all-the-time,some-don't-want-to-hear,about-some-subjects,that-others-may-be-in-to.
 
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I-guess-it-would-depend,on-what-the-subject-is,that-your-trying-to-discuss,with-your-best-friend,that-is-upsetting-him.

I-am-very-happy-for-you,that-you-have-found-something-in-your-life,that-makes-you-very-happy,and-it-seems-to-make-you-a-better-person,and-make-you-feel-better-about-yourself.

I-don't-understand,what-you-mean-by-calling-someone-on-something.

I-guess-I-need-more-information,as-to-what-is-causing-the-upset.Please-feel-free-to-pawmail-me-if-you-don't-want-to-put-it-on-the-board.

To-put-it-polietly,not-all-my-cat-show-friends-are-into-football.I-am-a-die-hard-Dallas-fan,and-enjoy-talking-about-it-with-other-football-fans.But-I-don't-dominate-every-conversation,with-my-non-football-friends,about-football,like-I-would-with-my-football-friends.They-would-pull-away-from-me,if-I-did.

I-also-think,to-repeatedly-call-and-text-someone,on-a-minor-subject,the-renewal-date,is-boarderllne,clingy.If-he-asked-for-the-renewal-date,then-just-give-that-information-to-him,and-leave-it-at-that.

I-suspect-the-subject-you-are-trying-to-discuss,is-the-issue.Not-trying-to-be-impoliet-or-offensive-or-insensative,lol.Some-don't-want-to-hear-about-football-all-the-time,some-don't-want-to-hear,about-some-subjects,that-others-may-be-in-to.
I will pm you thanks

Calling someone out on something is basically confronting them if you feel they have wronged you.
 
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