I know someone who rants and whines all the time..

Philippines
February 24, 2012 10:08am CST
Are you the type of person who always whines about pretty much everything and everyone around you. I am not a perfect person but I just think that this person is seriously so into other people and it's like it's her lifeline. She doesn't care who she talks to if you are close or not, as long as she can vent out what she hates about things around her especially people around her then she will. Sometimes even though you don't know who she is talking about she will still tell you about the things she hates about them even you are obviously not interested or even you don't know the person she is talking about personally. She always tell me that she is a nice and kind person but she jus can't deal with these kind of people and they are getting into her nerves. She is like a person who doesn't look at her own mistakes and attitude when she see other people. She feels so higly of herself when in fact I guess she is worst because she is double faced person, she acts so civil and so friendly when these people are around and when they are gone, she talks behind their back. This is the main reason we had a big fight before because she was talking behind my back and that gossip she made became very sensational to all ther relatives, her friends and everyone else in the neighborhood. I just suddenly noticed that everyone was so indifferent towards me and I begun hearing things about what people thinks about me. I was so furious that time cause i trust this person and I didn't expect people who you thought are nice to you would actually talk bad about you behind your back. I guess that is not just nice at all. That was really a big fight and then we didn't talk for a long time. Then we started talking again because we are just always in one circle familiar people so we can'treally end up the relationship that long. And so we talked and finally able to fix things between us. Even though we are okay now, I had lost the trust and faith I gave her a long time ago. Now I still like to talk to her about different stuff, sometimes personal stuff, but the trust isn't there anymore. There's always gonna be this doubt that she might tell it to other people or she might take things in different way. So, I started being careful when I around her. I don't trust her that much anymore there is this gap and I won't be able to remove that since i think she is still the same person. She still does it with other people, people who are even her relatives and even her own brothers... How much more to someone who is not even related to her by blood and who is completely different with her when it comes to her opinions, tastes, preferences and attitude. She is really different from the people I really call "close and best friends". She is always gonna be this person whom you talk to and have fun with but will never be able to see you out from your comfort zone. Never again. How about you guys, have you had the same situation as me? Have you ad a friend or maybe a relative who does this to other people. Who thinks they are perfect and the other people around aren't? Who you are scared of talking about what you personally think about things because they have this talent of script writing and making up stories to make your life more interesting and controversial to other people?
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4 responses
• United States
24 Feb 12
Im really sorry that you have to deal with someone so two-faced! I've had plenty of situations like this. I started excluding her from things that were important to be because she would go and talk smack about me and what it was that I was doing to others behind my back, while to my face everything was just fine. I wouldn't go as far as to say that Im not going to have friends just because people might be two-faced, but I am way more cautious then I used to be. Now I give everyone a chance but if you blow it, thats it, you don't get another chance with me. Maybe some of this comes from the fact that I have a family now, not only do I not want people around me or my family who do this, but I have 3 daughters. I sure don't want them learning that this behavior is okay, and to me by allowing those people to stay in your life, its like your accepting it and letting it happen. It took me a long time to know what it was that I wanted in my life and what I wasn't going to tolerate. The most important thing to remember is the people who do things like this are either jealous of what your doing and can't be happy for your because their misery is too great, or they just don't know how to be genuinely happy for someone else. I hope that you guard yourself and remember if she has already told people things or twisted things around to make it seem more interesting, only tell her what you want her to know, and if it comes back that she's got things twisted, I'd confront her about it. It may be the only way to get it to stop
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Thanks for your advise. Yes, will do. But you know what I know her so much I don't even bother when she does that already because she doesn't mean that much anymore. I don't really open up to her anymore. She will for sure twist a lot of things up (that's for sure) but I won't be as hurt as I was before because I don't trust her anymore and she is not that special to me anymore. When she does it again then I'll just laugh at her. She is really comical. Immature two faced person.. Pityful!
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Definitely.. Have a great weekend to you and your family...
• United States
24 Feb 12
Its funny, girls like that, they have no idea that people have caught on to how they are and they think they are getting away with it. And when it all comes down they act all "what, i didn't do anything" I agree, totally pitiful, you sound like you know what you need to do. Good luck with her
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• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Feb 12
I try not to let anyone get that close to me anymore because I have had situations like this in the past. Now I don't really have friends except here because I feel safer that way with not getting hurt or mistreated. Sad but true. Someone I am close to had a very similar situation happen to her with all of the gossip that was being told about her from someone she trusted very much. It hurt her so bad. It always gets back to the person. Ever realize that? No matter who says what most times the person finds out about it. What is the point in hurting someone like that? You don't like them, don't hang out with them. If you don't like something they did, tell them so they can change it... I just hate gossip so much! I have no friends for this reason. The person I know did become friends with the person again that hurt her but the trust is not there either. She is very cautious what she says around her which personally I would not want to be around someone I had to walk on egg shells around but that is my personal choice... I do think in this person's case it was a maturity issue. Her friend is much younger than she is and gossip usually happens around immature people. I would rather have no friends at all than have a friend like what your describing to be honest. It doesn't sound like a friend at all. I have enemies that could treat me that way. I have tried to tell this person the same thing but she still took her back as a friend...God only knows why...I will still feel bad when her friend does it all over again to her.
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• Philippines
24 Feb 12
Like you, the reason why I am always in front of my computer because I have no friends. If I do they are miles away from me. I guess I only have like 5-6 friends I really call close but all of them are nowhere near where I am. This person I'm talking about is really the kind of person whom you would really be walking on egg shells when she is around. She is that kind of person who always find faults in other people and yes she appreciates you sometimes but she is really good at finding faults so much it's like it her hobby. I made a post about them coming so I really had to do a general cleaning because she might see something again and then will make a big issue out of it. And almost all the time she does it when I am not around. But I feel bad for her because there's always karma in everything we do. Probably that is why she is never really contented with anything at all because she can't do anything worth it or productive because she is too busy messing out with other people's lives. Feel sorry for her..
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 Feb 12
Stowyk: I know thats not what a real friend does but sometimes its hard to tell who is a true friend and who is not. Some people are very good at what they do. I feel safer just not taking any chances. If I don't trust anyone to get that close to me no one can hurt me...
• United States
27 Feb 12
I know someone like that very well, and she makes my stomach ache if I get stuck in a room with her and don't have any choice but to listen to her. She's the same. She finds fault in everyone else except her daughter, brother, her family, but everyone else to her has no intelligence is dirty, stupid and a loser--you name it that's what she says, but she thinks she is the most intelligent person that God made and put here on this earch. My brother once said no one needed encycolodpedias anymore when she was around. Ha.! No I can't handle being around her at all. It really makes me want to say 'shut up'
• Philippines
25 Feb 12
I know someone who rants and whines all the time. They're my friend but we're not that close and I'm thankful that we're not that close. Those kind of people are energy suckers. I tried to stay away from negative people. They would just poison my soul.
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• Philippines
25 Feb 12
Yes, they are indeed an energy sucker. I usually get incredibly sucked up when she is around.