u/CutieLai77

Growing up I had very low esteem so I would keep friends that honestly weren’t great for me.

One of these friends was Lexy, we had met through mutual friends in middle school but only started hanging out once we started high school.

I lowkey grew up as a I’m not like other girls but I wasn’t rude to anyone about it. I just struggled with my identity of liking anime/games and being picked on for it.

I used to think Lexy behavior was icky but I didn’t want to put anyone down because well no matter if i wouldn’t do it, a girl can flirt with whoever she wants.

Lexy would constantly flirt with our different guy friends then complain to me about guys liking her. She also would be super sweet if a guy was around but passive aggressive if we were alone.

“You know you would look more pretty if you lost more weight.”

“Do you like parting your hair like that?”

Me: oh I use a brush and sometimes it doesn’t come out even but I don’t mind

“Yeaaah I could tell. Me personally I use a comb because I couldn’t stand looking like that. No offense.”

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The above conversation happened in front of her mom because she worked at the school office and Lexy would get upset if we spent our lunch anywhere but the office with her mom.

Well I had a crush on this one guy on and off since elementary school. I knew he didn’t like me, but I was okay with just being his friend honestly. But freshman year, he started showing interest and flirting with me.

I was the happiest i ever felt, I couldn’t believe it. I told Lexy out of excitement and then I noticed, she made a point of talking to him alone a lot all of sudden.

She started flirting with him, she even told him if he made her laugh enough she would flash him. He stopped texting me and just started fading more from my life. This event really made my crush on him finally die

I remember once with other friends, Lexy was bragging about how she could make him blush and she was pretty sure he had a crush on her now.

Our mutual friend (i remember being so grateful lol) said out loud

“That’s fucked up you’re flirting with him. Everyone knows *me* has a crush on him and she’s your best friend.”

Lexy then went on a rant about it’s unfair for us to blame her for guys giving her attention for being herself. The subject got dropped and I never brought it up, just silently smiled and said it’s okay.

I ended up being friends with her for another year and a half until something else big happened and I snapped. I literally ignored her until the end of high school. Not mean, just didn’t acknowledge she existed and honestly made better friends

Majority of the friend group went with me, it turned out they all started feeling drained being with her. I never expected anyone to pick sides and never asked, our friends just decided to hang out with me instead