When a friend was never a friend

@addysmum (1225)
Canada
July 17, 2008 10:51am CST
I was looking over some interviews of a person that I thought was a childhood friend. She is an actress now and seems to be making a name for herself. I was feeling really happy for her that her dream is finally coming true when I read something that hurt. In an interview last month she said that in school she was the pretty girl that made friends with the underdogs because she felt sorry for them. (she was not that pretty as a teen, she most definitely has come into her looks as an adult). She said that she dated the ugly guys because she felt sorry for them that they never had a chance with the pretty girls. We where a group of about 12 that hung around together and dated they same kind of guys. She even dated my ex for a few months. I was hurt by her comments, like she was so much better then us and the guys we hung out with but she just felt so sorry for us that she had to be our friend and give these guys a chance at the pretty girl. Have you ever had a person that you thought was a friend say something in public that made you question their intentions?
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
17 Jul 08
Maybe she wasn't talking about you or the group she hung around with. Thing is as humans we take everything to heart sometimes. I guess things like this have never bothed me because of what my mom taught me long ago. Pretty is as pretty does and also beauty is only skin deep but ugly is to the bone. If you guys were all friends back in the day and you didn't doubt her friendship then don't doubt it now. You also have to remember the news papers and publishings like to take interviews and twist them and sometimes make them sound really bad by just adding a word here or there. Remember the good times. But you also have to remember as we age we drift away from childhood friends as well. huggles and keep your head up.
@addysmum (1225)
• Canada
17 Jul 08
I felt hurt but not really for me. She and I where never that close, she was just part of the group. I really hurt for my best friend who was really close to her, until a few years ago. My best friend won't say what happened but they where living together and suddenly she came to stay with her dad and never went back she left everything even her clothes. I also was hurt for the guys she dated, they are very close to me; like I said one was my ex, we dated for 3 years and stayed friends after we split. I know that it is possible that her words where twisted but she had to have said something along those lines about us or they wouldn't have a comment to twist. I was shocked to see she would talk about us and hurt for those who where close to her.
@shooie (4984)
• United States
17 Jul 08
You know hun she may have had another groupd of friends between the time you all hung out to now so she could have been talking about just about anyone may not have been your group at all.
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@addysmum (1225)
• Canada
17 Jul 08
Ya, I am sure she has had many friends. The problem with the comment is the when I was in school part. We met her when she was 13 and most of the group of friends have stayed in touch and we are now in our 30's. So while we may not have been the group of underdogs she befriended the guys are the "ugly guys" she dated to make them feel better about themselves.
• United States
17 Jul 08
that is sick and sad. she justs cares about making a good story and making herself look good to others and lie to herself to boost her ego. very low. in her business it'll come back to her. to answer your question. i had a friend who experienced being best friends with a girl. but later when this girl started singing and became famous. the famous girl to into a higher class of friends and when she came around to her best friend she ignored her. that was the most hurtful thing she could have done to my friend. she lost her best friend first then gained someone to hurt her on top of it. similar to your experience.
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@addysmum (1225)
• Canada
17 Jul 08
The cruel hand of human nature. It is truly remarkable that people think they can hurt others and not have it come back to them some day. Even as a kid I understood that if I wanted to be treated good I had to treat others good. It is interesting how even though I was not a close friend and my hurt isn't totally for me but more for the others that considered her a good friend I still feel like we gave her friendship and she used us. Part of my issue is that we where already a group of good friends that had known each other for several years before she moved to town.
@addysmum (1225)
• Canada
17 Jul 08
Ya, that is about it. We had all been friends from grade school. Most of us from kindergarten. When we hit high school we met up with some guys from the next town over that started going to the same high school as us. She came to town 2 years after that when her mom sent her to live with her dad. She was alone and we took her in and welcomed her treating her like we had known her for just as long as everyone else. It is a small town of about 3500 people so everyone knows everyone and it is hard to break into those tight friendships but we never made it hard for her, she was just like the rest of us in our eyes. I can't be more proud of her achievements. I just can't help but wonder if she always saw herself as being above us or if she just feels like she has to make herself look that way to get ahead in Hollywood. Ah, well I am not going to harbor any ill will. I am happy in my life and I hope she is too.
• United States
17 Jul 08
in other words she came to town moved in on your grou. used you to help herself have a social life. then ate you up and spit you out. then stepped on you to make a good interview.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
17 Jul 08
Sweetie they say that fame goes to Peoples Head and it sounds like it has certainly gone to her Head I have never had that experience but I can imagine how much that hurts and I am so sorry But I will say this, things have a Habit of coming back on People like that Hugs
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@addysmum (1225)
• Canada
17 Jul 08
Hi Gabs, from what I have been told by my best friend/ her former roommate she has totally let the actress thing go to her head. My BF said that is one of the reasons she left everything behind she just needed to get away and once she was away she didn't want to go back and get mixed up in the things that this girl was into. I think the big thing for me was the shock of thinking she was a friend. I stopped talking to her when she told my husband that he should dump me and go for a really hot chick like her. I let it go thinking she was drunk when she said it but now it seems she may have really meant it. That was a few years ago so the hurt I felt this morning was not so much for me as it was for everyone else who still is in touch with her. Well that and being called an underdog that she made friends with because she felt sorry for us, that is a laugh because we befriended her for that same reason. She was new and alone and her dad was never home. Well, now that I have vented my feelings on it I can honestly say I don't care what she thinks it is her loss because my friends are really good people and we love each other very much.
• United States
17 Jul 08
I can honestly say I know where you are comeing from for I have a friend like this now. He would be all nice to me in person but go and say a totally different thing to someone else. When I confronted him about it he blantly lied to me saying he would never do this to me. Well I can offically say now that he is a liar now for he used to call me everyday and he hasn't even called me in a week and two days now so that only goes to show what kind of friend he truely is. I don't need friends like this for I would never do this to them. My theory on this is "Treat others as you would want to be treated". Your friend did about the same thing mine did and that's not right just to make herself look good lieing is not the ways to go but thruethfulness will get you alot further. I can understand your being hurt by her words and all for if she was a true friend she wouldn't have gone to the lyeing lengths that she did.
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@scaflone8 (190)
• Philippines
17 Jul 08
People change when they attain something they can't handle. And it seems that she is trying to make her self look good by making the people around her look small. You know addysmum she is not the one that should be sorry to the people around her. It you that should be sorry for her, because she is trying so hard to pretend to be something that she is not and that is so sad to hide yourself just for you to create a false mask upon yourself. Even if she attains that much glory at least you are being who you are. Take care ~Scaflone~
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• United States
19 Jul 08
wow i dont really think she felt that way maybe just trying to make herself seem all good because she famous now really based on what you told me i think she fake and she doesnt even deserve to be your friend anyways youll ind and probally already have better frends so dont even worry abut her :)
@biggerb (2024)
• India
18 Jul 08
When people become famous or when they get top positions the fame and money goes to their heads.I have come across many of my friends doing exactly like your friend.They pretend that they dont know their earlier aquaintances and they put up a false wall around them.I know it does hurt when someone behaves this way.We will have to just ignore them and go ahead with our lives.
@Darkwing (21583)
18 Jul 08
Forget her! This person is cruel and contemptuous in her rise to fame, and as you say, was never a friend to anybody. In an attempt to make herself look interesting and caring, she's treading upon those who helped her to build her ego and gave her the initial push to reach her goal. Well... I feel she's heading for a fall, my friend. The general public will read her comments with their own schooldays in mind, and she won't gain any friends or influence any fans in this way. Don't feel hurt by her shallow comments, dear friend. You're worth a thousand of her, with your caring, feeling nature, and your ability to make friends without degrading others. Your star will always shine much brighter than hers. Put her behind you, my friend and walk towards the light, in the satisfaction of knowing that she's history! Brightest Blessings. xx
@mummymo (23706)
19 Jul 08
Oh Honey I can understand how much that must have hurt and made you feel betrayed! You know what though the media can twist things that have been said so badly - I have seen that happen many times so she might not even have said that and if she did then I think that says more about her than it says about anyone else! I know it must be hard but please, just try and remember the good parts! xxx
@alori61 (344)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I can understand how you are feeling, but may I suggest something? Are you really sure she said it? You said you read the interview, and take it from someone that works in the media every day. Anything said in an interview can be twisted to sound ugly. This woman may not have said anything like what was reported but the sad fact is when it comes to celebrity gossip the ugly side is what sales. Maybe your old friend hasn't gotten quite as ugly inside as it appears. (I guess I prefer to give the benefit of the dought to old friends first unless I'm shown otherwise) I hope you find it was just media twist on something said in innocense.
@athinapie (1150)
• Philippines
18 Jul 08
Hi there. I am so sorry to hear about your friend's attitude. I had a friend who is like that. We were very inseperable in the second grade and we were basically like sisters. Her name is Sophie and we had pet names for each other like Bes, Fifu and a whole lot more. But when third grade came, we weren't classmates anymore and she started hanging out with the popular kids. She constantly denied me and told everybody we weren't friends and that I was following her or idolizing her or something like that. That really hurt me a lot and I was so young back then. But now I'm more mature and to be honest, I feel a lot sorry for her to have to lie just to please her ego. And that is what your friend is doing. So you should feel sorry for her more. Thanks for sharing.
@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
18 Jul 08
[b]Maybe she really change. She's not the same person she used to be. Anyways,past is past. No used to dwell on it. Don't be hurt she's not worth it. Maybe she really doesn't meant it that way. Care to tell us who is this actress? Sorry...just curios.[/b]
@monaliu (344)
18 Jul 08
I dislike my friends like this. I also think they would feel very sad about themself. They always want to show their good to others,but not always like this.So tired to do this. Let them go,enjoy your life.
@amanda08 (647)
• United States
18 Jul 08
You know, I had something similar to that happen to me... the friend I had turned out to be a model and now is a designer for famous rock bands... anyway, she said that where she grew up she was an outcast at her high school and nobody wanted to be friends with her so she had to be sent away to a private school and then she was talking bad about our town... well, her dad is a very well known and wealthy doctor in our city... she was popular when we were kids... I guess they just feel the need to make themselves sound more interesting now that they are "famous"... it is a pathetic display of character if you ask me... :)