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Old 10-16-2006, 12:48 PM
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HBADPi's How do I handle this situation?

I'm following ADPiShannan's lead and looking to my sisters for some advice.

My bf and I have been dating for over 6 months now and he has 2 best friends he has known since he was 8. His friends Nick and Ed both have girlfriends: Stacy and Sara respectively (names have been changed to protect the innocent ). Both couples have been dating for over 3 years now and both girlfriends were very nice to me in the beginning of my relationship with my bf. Since then Sara and I get along really and the 2 of us have hung out a few times. Stacy started off really nice but 3 months after I met her, she did an entire 180. She would be blantantly rude to me, leave me out of conversations, ignore me completely, and just generally pretend that I was not there. I racked my brain at first trying to figure out when and how I wronged her but after awhile I realized it wasnt me. Other people such as Ed, Sara, and my own bf have noticed her general rudeness. I've been told that she's had a history of wanting to be the center of attention and right now I'm almost considered a threat!

This has all gotten to the point that I hate hanging out with her and Nick because I know it will not be fun for me. At the same time however I never want my bf to have to choose between his friends and me. Whenever I see her now, I'm generally cordial to her (using my sorority recruitment skills but her behavior sometimes is enough to make my blood boil when I think about it. More than one person has told me that confronting her would do no good and thats just how Stacy is so just try to ignore...easier said than done! Anyway, I'm really at a lost what to do in this situation and really want to remedy it in some way just for my own state of mind if nothing else! I know you cant win everyone over and I'm fine if her and I are not BFF but it just frustrates me how much she makes people so uncomfortable with her antics.
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Old 10-16-2006, 03:47 PM
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I would continue doing what you are doing (being cordial) and if you're feeling really brave, invite her, her BF and your BF over for a fancy home-cooked dinner. Perhaps making the extra effort to be nice will break through to her somehow? If you're not feeling really brave- no worries. You don't need to make the extra effort, just do continue to be nice to her, even if it is not reciprocated. Just try to let her rudeness wash over you and not let it get to you.
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Old 10-17-2006, 10:45 AM
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Easy fix. You don't like her, she doesn't like you. Don't hang out with her. Why should you be a martyr?

Your BF can spend time with his friends without you. I promise it isn't the end of the world if you occasionally spend time with your own friends, and that it's ok to tell him that you're not going to waste your free time in the presence of this girl.
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Old 10-17-2006, 11:43 AM
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I think "alone time with your friends" is a seperate issue and we do make a point to do that on a weekly basis. I don't really feel that has any bearing on this since the only times I have to deal with her is at birthday parties, special events, etc.
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Old 10-17-2006, 02:40 PM
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Then don't go to events where she will be, or call her out in public or ignore it.
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Old 10-19-2006, 08:20 PM
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I'm putting this nicely but this is what my friend's psycho fiance has had to do "suck it up and deal." To her I am the threat because I get along with her fiance very well which is also because we have been friends for over 3 years. She threw a fit when I went on a Vegas vacation with a group of friends. For some reason she sees me as a threat and Darin has told her that she will have to deal with it because I'm one of his good friends and I'm not going anywhere (I'm also dating one of our friends). We have "family vacations" and parties all the time so she has to see me because I'm invited and they plan things around my schedule. She will be totally suprised when I am not at the wedding on Saturday but only because I am on a 4 day trip (my bf will not be happy because he has go to the wedding alone). She has had to learn how to play nicely with me because everyone loves me and I have more staying power than she does. At every event we go to she either ignores me or we are civil. She has been nicer to me, I don't know if that is because she has realized that she was being petty or she has gotten over it or Darin has threatened her. I don't mean to sound mean but just be the better person, say hi, talk her up, shower her with attention. She won't know what to do. This will make you look even better in everyone's eyes when she is rude to you.
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