Woman invites a friend to a concert for her birthday and her other friend is left feeling betrayed: 'She sent me a long message denying any of it, calling my feelings "strange" and "shady," and somehow made herself out to be the victim'

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Olivia Arocena • Writer and Editor
Aug 2, 2026 2:30 PM EDT

To revenge or not to revenge

This hits close to home because I had a similar falling-out with a friend last week, and I was in the wrong, so I can understand the feeling of being betrayed when nothing is really happening, but there is still no excuse. What surprised me about this story is that the angry friend hasn't taken any steps back yet, but well, that might take some time, or not happen at all. Still, the girl who unknowingly started this entire drama only by going to a concert with a friend needs to make a decision and wants the internet's opinion before taking that next step, so that's where we come in.

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  • She tried to ruin my birthday over a last-minute concert. Am I wrong for not wanting to transfer her tickets?

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  • Last Saturday I was at my house waiting for a couple of friends to text back to figure out what to do. I literally waited for a couple of hours, and none of them texted back. I forgot about it and began watching a movie. Later that night, one of them texted me like : ‘Hey! We’re at x together’ (with the other friend who wasn’t texting me back), and I completely flipped out. I became paranoid and believed they were ignoring me on purpose, and I took it out on my friend. I almost immediately took my words back, but the damage was done, and it still is done today, even though I apologised. It’s really not that deep, and it will be ok, but I say this because I think this is where the friend who feels ‘betrayed’ is coming from; still, that’s no excuse, especially if she can’t see her reaction as problematic. I think this Redditor should definitely cut ties with this girl and not get any revenge whatsoever; she will not benefit from that; she will only benefit by being as far away as she can from her; that’s it.

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