- Date posted
- 2y
Feeling like a bad friend..
My friend commented on how she doesn't like a musician I like because she saw a controversial tik tok about him once or something. I kinda panicked because I have OCD themes surrounding cancel culture/morality. I pointed out that she was a Taylor swift fan and that Taylor has a lot of controversies. It wasn't a big deal and we both kinda laughed it off. I ended up compulsively searching trying to find the tik tok she talked about. I couldn't find anything. I went to my other friend and vented about how it made me anxious and how I didn't appreciate being told that by a Taylor fan since she's controversial too. I specified that I love my friend to death and that I don't judge her for being a Taylor fan, it's just music and it's not that deep. I didnt insult my friend or anything. But that I don't want Taylor fans judging me for liking anything 'controversial' because it feels hypocritical and i said it in kind of a passive aggresive way. Now I feel guilty. I dont like shit talking or talking about people behind their back. I was just frustrated and i think i did it compulsively too to reassurance seek. I didn't even specify her name or who she was, I just said 'a friend of mine'. But now I'm feeling like I worded things a bit mean spirited and it wasn't that serious in the first place. Plus I was talking to my friend about Taylor's controversies and my frustrations with her as an artist and I feel bad for bad talking a musician my friend likes. Am I a fake friend? I feel really guilty and like I need to confess to my friend. I'm serious when I say I don't judge her or care that she's a Taylor swift fan I think I just got frustrated and anxiety got the best of me.