u/Intrepid_Nature7818 — reddlx

We’ve been very close friends for roughly >8 years. We spent a lot of time together, however sometimes I feel overwhelmed because I always had to hide what I was really thinking at the moment. She also has a hard time getting along with my other friends. Aside from some people who had conflicts with her, some others never did anything to her at all. Sometimes she would make me really uncomfortable with some of her jokes.

Recently due to:

this time period being crucial to my future
me bottling up feelings and thoughts after all those moments when I feel like I wasn’t respected and was just really upset with her in general,

I explained to her how i really feel, what led to my ignorant attitude and offered to get out of her life because I feel like i treated her like shit.

Some thoughts in my defense:

She didn’t apologize until I asked her if she feels like she did something wrong. She did when I said that but she only apologized for the jokes.
The main reason why I cut her off is that I think she’s too attached to me. I know it sounds wrong, but apparently she doesn’t have many friends aside from me. This is partly why I feel pressured to oppress my real feelings and keep on hanging out with her. I had to cut off with some friends because I feel like she wouldn’t like me to hang out with them.

Are my thoughts valid? AITA?