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When her best friend arrived at the birthday dinner, the woman "excitedly told her all about it, including that it was the same guy that she had had a coffee with four months ago"."Her face went dark and she told me he was 'the only guy she was interested in', and she was hoping something would happen."The woman was "crushed" but supportive of her friend."I said, 'Look, I'm not competitive. If you want to date him, go ahead, I'll bow out'."Without missing a beat, the friend replied, "I am, I'm competitive", before pulling out her phone and arranging to meet the man that very night."I got up and left and never spoke to her again," the woman shared. "It wasn't a falling out over 'some guy on a dating app', it was that she couldn't be happy for me and wanted to turn it into some competition instead of doing the right thing and just letting me have my happiness, or agreeing that we would both put our friendship first and not compete over some random guy."The women exchanged a few messages over the next week, but never saw each other again."It was in a hugely transformative time in my life when I was finally getting good at not just avoiding conflict, but kindly setting boundaries and protecting my peace," the woman shared. Feature Image: Getty (Stock image for illustrative purposes only). Are you a parent? Love Takeaway? We Want to Hear From You! Complete our 3 minute survey for a chance to win a $1,000 gift voucher in our quarterly draw! TAKE SURVEY ➤
