Son of a bitch...
Published on November 25, 2008 By grins wickedly In Misc

So after 6 years of fighting and dealing with her problems, Lacey (my best friend for the last 6 years) and I are no longer friends.

It sucks. But I couldn't deal with her pot smoking all the time anymore. I love my job and I have never gotten arrested or anything before. I can't keep hanging out with her while she does that, because it jeopardizes all of that.

Now, it wasn't just all of a sudden. I know some of you may be thinking that I just decided one day that enough was enough. It had been coming for quite some time. I had been asking her for months to not smoke around me, but she didn't care that I cared. I told her that I was worried about her consumption, and she freaked out. I tried to get her to come over so we could talk, but she just said she was done.

Then while I was layin on my futon bawling my eyeballs out, a knock came on the door. It was some churchy lady talkin about Jesus and how much "good" he could do for me. I was distracted by a white envelope on the floor. I picked it up. It was the spare key I had given Lacey for my apartment. I knew then that it was done.

Now I get to try and get back my book and the fifteen bucks she still owes me from our Fargo-Grand Forks trip we made in SEPTEMBER. I've told her. Called her. Texted her. Myspace messaged her. She finally brought my curling iron and my permanent markers over.

What does anyone else think about this?

~beth


Comments
on Nov 25, 2008

She seems impulsive. How did you two come to be friends in the first place?

on Nov 25, 2008

She seems impulsive. How did you two come to be friends in the first place?

And selfish - but a good question.  Where you friends from school that just did not last the transition to adulthood?

on Nov 25, 2008

She sounds like you guys should have a bit more sympathy... Grins wickedly no-one can blame you, you have tried and for that you deserve all the praise in the world, the best you can do is hope for the best when it comes to your so called friend....

Best wishes,

                    Kim

on Nov 25, 2008

Listenning to the "churchy" lady would have led to more answers than you could possibly imagine.

on Nov 25, 2008

SlapBone
Listenning to the "churchy" lady would have led to more answers than you could possibly imagine.

Hello left field!

Anyway.... Sometimes we have to say goodbye to those we hold near and dear in order to progress in our own lives.  When your lifestyle or a friends lifestyle changes so much that it endangers you or has the potential to corrupt you then it is time to let them go.

 

on Nov 25, 2008

Hmm, I know it's tough with a friend that never listens. A friend that you think you are talking to a wall. It happens to me as well. But a friendship of 6 years is something that shouldn't be tossed out lightly. Maybe you need a third party to act as mediation between the two of you. A third voice might clear things up. Things that you think (or she thinks) can't talk about to each other.

I know I'm starting to hate (maybe that's a strong word) some of my friends for being so stubborn and inconsiderate, but I like to think that maybe we are still far off from breaking out friendship....

on Nov 25, 2008

It depends on what type of "friend" she really was. There are two types of friend really, those who come over, use up whatever they can and split when its all gone, and then there are the ones you can actually call up when you need a helping hand. A true friend is someone you can rely on. If she was just a user and abuser then good riddance to bad rubbish I say. Your user pic disturbs me, it sort of stares out at me in an accusatory fashon.

on Dec 06, 2008

Mine or beths? My cow is just happy to be alive