Leave censorship out of ██████.

I'm 23 and weird.
I'm loud and obnoxious.
I'm pigheaded and very opinionated.

Warning: I advise you not to follow me because I'm boring and super annoying.

My Batfamily

Ace | Alfred | Barbara  | Batarang | Dick | Edward | Gar | Hal | Harley | Helena | Ivy | Jason | Jim | Jonathan | Kara | Selina | Stephanie | Supes | Tim | Wally

Music player code here
How do I excuse myself out of a negative friendship?
I have a friend (who’s not on tumblr, so it’s not any of you) whom I adore but constantly feel like I’m being used. She’s a really great person, had a hectic life the past 3 years or so (but then again who hasnt?) and the two of us would be keeping in touch once a month or so via text. The last time I saw her was like 3 months ago and it was when I collected my camera from her that she nearly broke (I think I’m going to start an anti camera lending policy because there’s been many close incidents with my Nikon D90 and I know none of these people are in the financial means to pay me back with a new cam if they break it).

Well anyways, I like to keep my camera neat, after finally having purchased two new memory cards this girl took them. So now Aman won’t let me buy any SD cards because I have to keep purchasing them due to people stealing my shit. But this girl texted me out of the blue today with this long message saying how she missed me and to “prove” it she was going to invite me to some event she has tomorrow and wants ME to bring my camera to take pictures. Had I not had plans, I probably would have said yes out of pity and my inability to say no. So I need to know, how can I get myself out of a toxic relationship in which I feel like I’m being milked and taken advantage of?

• 12 notes, 3 months ago.
• Tagged: #the camera incident is only one of many things #shes done a hella lot worse #this is just the easiest thing to name bc i cant read more on my phone @_@;
  1. a-muze-me-darling said: I can relate. In one of my old friendships I felt very taken advantage w/ a lot of emotional abuse there too. I finally hitched up my knickers and decided that I would stop responding to her texts. It felt nice to finally be out of a toxic situation.
  2. thepharaoh said: Stop answering the texts if you can’t just tell her to bugger off. 8(
  3. nikoniku said: She wanted to invite you to the event to take pictures, not spend time with you.
  4. ciatri said: Oh, I take something back I said earlier. Don’t reply to her at all. Screen her calls. Check your cellphone/texts/email if it’s her. If it is, ignore her and don’t return any reply of any kind.
  5. beingevil said: I’m with what silver-land and mousepeace say. I know that it can be hard to cut yourself out of a negative friendship, even when you know it’s bad for you, so I think silver-land’s answer has a workable solution (esp if you find it hard to say no).
  6. mousepeace said: most simple an effective way - just say ‘no thanks’, and then never reply again. i’ve been through a friendship for where it was actually hurting me emotionally and nearly physically. no is hard sometimes, but it gets the point across best.
  7. deathrayzorcher said: I agree with what the others have said. I recently ended a friendship where my friend continually used me for homework/quizzes/food. He was a nice person, but would always ask me to do things and not do anything for me. I cut off all ties with him.
  8. amethystamore said: Cut all communication with her. Just cut it off and let it be. That’s how I end my friendships with people.. especially the bad ones.
  9. silver-land said: It’s going to be hard, but you will have to start saying no for what it is. You two aren’t constantly in touch, so the best to do is limit communication, and maybe not respond to texts that put you in lending situations. Tell her you’re indisposed
  10. strategic-stranger said: I’d say.. just tell her like it is. :ll Like…STOP.
  11. khatman posted this