Aotearoa Kōrero o te Ahiahi - Sat 29 February, 2020

Today was a complete emotional rollercoaster and I have no idea how I feel except exhausted.

The high point was tiny kea's party. All her friends showed up and they had a crazy good time. It was just an outrageous amount of fun and I spent the entire time catching up with another dad that was cool as hell.

The lowpoint was my divorced friend giving me a mumble hi and then shuttling herself off to the corner where she proceeded to spent most of the party not talking to anyone. And then when I got home I had a super angry text demanding to know why I didn't pay attention to her. So my literal reaction was wtf... I showed it to mrs kea who was like "the fuck is up with her she spent the entire party not talking to people."

So I said that and got another angry text back ending our friendship, so again... wtf. Mrs kea encouraged me to call out the bullshit so I did and it exploded basically in an emotional nuke. She blocked me on social media and my parting shot was basically calling out what I saw was emotional bullying and saying a final goodbye. Which... was unbelievably painful. I understand people go through shit when their lives are in upheaval but I also can't be a punching bag for someone. So I was and am really crushed that what I thought was a great friendship ended on such a disastrous note.

But... as soon as that happened I got a message from another friend checking in and telling me how great her race went so we chatted.

Life happens and sometimes friendships end even if you don't want them to.

And thanks to all of you awesome people for letting me tell you about my life in detail that I can't give out to irl peeps.

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