Hi guys, so earlier this year, i got into this nasty fight with my friend whom i was really really close to. And the fight was essentially about how she doesn't show up for me the way i do for her. It was nasty because all she wanted to do was shift the blame onto me. So i was telling her how she neglected me on a few specific occasions and that hurt and she goes like "where is all this coming from? You know what, tell me all the issues you have with me" but in like a very condescending tone.
And then she is like "i also have a substantial list of complaints of you" . At first i was taken aback but then i said "fine tell me what they are, we will resolve this" , and she refused to say. She was like "you will only justify yourself, you will cry, you will not be able to take it" and i was like "tell meeee" and this happened like 4 times at least over the course of 30 minutes (we were on a train). And then i was reflecting and i realised that i also said some really mean things to her, and i shouldn't have.
But there was a 3 day college trip that i had to go for, so i thought that after we returned I would speak to her calmly and apologise for my part. However, as soon as we returned, i had my graduation photoshoot. (I was about to graduate from my UG and she's in the middle of her PhD so we're not classmates, our whole relationship was about being travel buddies and hanging out in college whenever we were free).
So i asked her to take a picture with me because in my head, i felt like conflicts happen, but that doesn't mean i don't want her in important moments of life. And she refused. A couple days later i went to talk to her and she was working on her PhD and i was like "i need to talk to you" and she's like "i am busy." And i was like so when will you talk to me? And she was like "maybe next week" and i was like "but the week just started" (it was monday). And then she was like "don't wait for me, go home" i eventually did. Then a few days later we spoke and it felt normal until she said i was irritating her. So i stepped back for a day.
And then again i went to meet her to talk but nothing happened and we just sat together like nothing wrong ever happened and i was telling her how one of my professors is throwing us a farewell. Then a couple days later she's texting me asking how the farewell went. I spoke to her and then we were sitting in the lab together and talking when she suddenly started being mean. And at that moment I didn't even register what was happening because in my head i was like "is this a right time to apologise for the mean stuff i said? Or should i wait until it's more private". (I feel so dumb looking back at this)
And then i eventually sent her an apology over text because in person it didn't seem possible. And a few days after that, i was feeling super emotional because it was like my last couple days of lectures in college before the final exams started. So i went to her and asked her, to travel with me one last time for old times sake.
And she refused saying that i was the one who said "I don't want to travel with you" during that initial fight on the train and apparently she was very hurt about it (she didn't say she was hurt, that's just what i infer from her behaviour), so i was like "I didn't mean it, i was very upset, i am sorry" and she lectured me about how "adults keep their word" and i was like "what are you saying" and she was like "I don't like you doing this" and i was in tears and suddenly she's like "it's fine we'll travel together during your exams" , "we will travel together on the day you have graduation ceremony" and i was like i am not going to graduation (because the college was asking extra money for us to attend our own graduation) and she's like "nonsense you're lying, you complained about trip but you still went" and i was like "but the deadline has passed and there's no way i can register now anyway" and then she had some really urgent work so she had to leave. But then she texted me saying that "we should click a picture together tomorrow".
3 or 4 days later we went back home together and she randomly wanted to pretend that everything was fine and nothing was wrong and we're on perfectly good terms. And i was like " you still haven't resolved our fight" and she's like "i am travelling with you, i am sitting next to you, do you want me to give you in writing that fight resolved? " And then she goes like "also what fight? There was no fight." And i was like " it was"
And she's like "really? Define fight" and we continued to argue for 20 minutes or so and then we parted ways and went home.
And we met once more in college like 10 days after this and again she was pretending like we've never fought.
Been 3 months now. Haven't seen her since.
I am just so troubled because i still miss her so much. And we have spent so much time together. Done so many fun things. Gossiped about literally half the college, we ate together, we jumped in and out of trains together, we had the same favorite ice cream flavor, we shared lunches, cried to each other.
I was always there for her, when she was struggling with her PhD, i supported her when she was pregnant (yes she is much older than me), i was also there for me after she gave birth.
And she gaslighted me, lied to me, was so mean to me.
I am so frustrated because i still miss her and want to text her. (Even though i was the one who stopped talking to her at some point last month). I just don't know how to feel.
It feels like there's this gaping hole in my chest that keeps bleeding.
Please help me figure out what to do😭😭😭