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Animal Lover Says She's 'Rethinking' Friendship with a Woman She Met 6 Months Ago Due to Her Disturbing Jokes
A woman said she's 'rethinking' a friendship after a new friend keeps making questionable jokes
The woman — who identifies as an animal-lover — added that the friend sent her a video of an animal being mistreated and 'laughed' when she expressed concern
She shared her story on a popular community site, where another user told her to 'block' the friend and 'run'A woman is 'rethinking' a friendship after a new friend keeps making unsettling jokes, and she's wondering if she's overreacting.
The woman detailed her experience in the 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' forum on the U.K.-based community site where women can seek advice from other women. In her post, the woman explained that she's a cat owner and an animal lover, and that she would 'never want to see any [animal] being harmed.'
She continued, saying that she made a new friend about six months ago, and that her pal 'knows I love animals and how much I love my cat.'
However, the woman went on to say that this new friend 'keeps saying how much she dislikes cats' and jokes that she 'is going to skin mine when she comes to visit.'
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The original poster said that the friend also told her that she once had a dog that she left home alone for four days while she went to a festival, a claim that she 'didn't comment' on.
She added that this same friend once sent her a video in which an animal was 'being mistreated.' When she asked her not to send anything else like that again, the friend 'laughed this off.'
This all recently culminated with the friend sending her a video of two 'fluffy' rabbits that were ultimately prepped to be cooked and eaten, the woman recalled. She says that when she politely told her friend she didn't want to receive videos like that in the future, the friend brushed it off, saying that she 'shouldn't be bothered' because she's a 'meat-eater.'
'Is this weird?' the woman wondered.
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'She hasn't said she's joking but seems to find winding me up like this amusing,' she continued, before admitting, 'I'm rethinking my friendship.'
The majority of commenters said they thought the original poster was right to feel unsettled by her friend's comments; many said she should probably just end the friendship.
'Why are you friends with people like this?' one person asked, adding, 'Read back on what your wrote and ask yourself what advice you would give somebody else.'
'Of course it's weird. Stop engaging with her,' someone else opined.
Another person said, 'She sounds ghastly and, at the very least, not someone who shares your views enough for you to have anything to do with her. Block her and run a mile very fast if you ever see her!'
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