'My friend blocked me after my mum died because I didn't give her money'
As we grow older, often we can grow apart from childhood friends or simply lose touch over the years. When big life events occur this can lead to a reconnecting of old friends or create uncomfortable clashes as people we once loved no longer mesh with us.
One woman shared how she realised a friend of many years had blocked her after her mum died because she was unable to gift money for their baby shower.
She took to Reddit, posting the messages between the two women for all to see - adding that she had also posted the interaction where mutual friends could see the mum-to-be's behaviour.
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The woman realised her friend had blocked her after she missed the baby shower (stock photo) (Getty Images/Tetra images RF)The first message sent by the unnamed friend was one of condolence for user @Withthealiens who had recently lost her mum. They offered comfort, saying if the original person (OP) needed to talk she would be there for her "always".
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The woman responded on Christmas Eve with thanks and said: "I love you too" to the kind words from her friend. Two weeks later, the friend messaged again asking for money towards her "diaper fund" for her baby shower.
She said: "If you wanted to add to the diaper fund on my registry we would really appreciate it! That's what most people who got invited but couldn't make it opted for."
Almost a month later, the woman replied: "Did you really unfriend me because I didn't send money to your registry?" Underneath this was a note saying the person was unavailable on Messenger, which appears when an account is inactive or has blocked you.
In the comments, the grieving woman added: "She knew I couldn't make it to her baby shower because well.. my mom just died.
"So she decided to send me her baby registry to push that I could at least send her money, which in any other circumstances I would have but I was and still am dealing with my moms [sic] funeral/legal arrangements plus grieving, so I didn't. Plus she copied and pasted the same message to a few other friends as well.
"I'm just at a loss for words. I've known her since high school."
She also revealed that the pair had been so close, the mum-to-be had even lived with her for a few months last year when she was unable to find a place to stay.
Supportive comments flooded the post, one wrote: "She didn't even try to hide the fact that she was ONLY getting in touch to let you know that she was still expecting a gift. Not even trying to be subtle about it.
"Wow. Just wow. She did you a favour by blocking you because now you know what a superficial piece of shit she is. I would be telling all your mutual friends about this."
Another added: "The petty child in me would turn up to the baby shower and inform all guests that she blocked me because I didn't send her money after my mother died."
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"I decided to be petty and post it to my Snapchat story where our mutuals can see it," replied the woman. "I usually don't give in to drama but I'm just- irked."
Overwhelmingly, commenters said "good riddance" and that Reddit poster was better off without a person like that in their life, especially while healing from the loss of their parent.
One person joked: "It's always nice when the cost of knowing a true friend is a pack of diapers or less."
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