Why are men so horrible??
Yes, I know the title is generalizing, but honestly sis here just wants to rant.
Got out of a toxic marriage which involved multiple cheating and constant gaslighting.
Finally decided to get out there and try to socialise more, which was something I haven’t been doing due to family commitments.
I have been talking more with this male aquaintance whom I thought was nice as a person. As we talked more, I felt we were slowly building up our friendship. I even felt comfortable enough to share the reason for my divorce. Joke’s on me for putting my guard down so easily around people.
Fast forward to one day, after neglecting to reply his text because I had missed it/forgot about it, he texted and asked me why I didn’t reply. I said I must have missed it because of all the other work texts I was handling, I thought it was no big deal because it happens sometimes even with my female best friend. And this was the first time it happened with him.
He then said that there’s no point in continuing our conversation if I’m not putting in the effort or not interested. He should not be the one to “lower himself” and initiate conversation. I was confused and said that I simply had a busy work week and forgotten to reply. I told him he was overreacting.
What shocked me was that he denied being overreacting, and he said “no wonder your husband cheated on you, and multiple times. Nobody can stand you.”
Wow okay bro, I immediately asked him to stop contacting me and blocked him. I may not be a saint but I would never use a personal attack like that on anyone, much less a friend.
Guess it’s back to building walls and just let my relationships stay as colleagues or acquantainces. Sad.