AITAH For Not Supporting my Best Friend?
Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here, sorry if grammar or the writing itself is bad!
Okay, so to start, I(18F) have a best friend, I’ll call her Sydney(18F). I recently graduated and she actually graduated last year a year early. We’ve been friends since 5th grade where we went to the same school. But around 7th grade, she moved to a different school in the state and I moved to a different state, but thankfully, it never affected our friendship, even if our time spent together became less and less frequent.
Well, she mostly comes to my house, as her family isn’t really in the best of situations and her mom’s boyfriend is an ass. Last Monday, she told me she had something important to tell me, but refused to tell me until we met in person.
She came over on Friday and I asked her what was so important that she had to wait. Sydney went quiet, and kinda just smiled at me. That’s when I noticed she had an Air Force bag and I asked if she joined the Air Force. She confirmed and told me she was leaving sometime in June for Boot Camp.
I was happy for her, proud even. She had told me a while ago she wanted to join. I hugged her, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cry.
After she left on Sunday, I told one of my other friends, I’ll call her Diana(18F). I admitted to Diana that while I was proud and happy for Sydney, as it’s what she’s wanted for a while, I was sad that she had to leave and wish she didn’t join if only not to leave me. I told Diana I knew it was selfish and I wish I didn’t feel that way.
Diana blew up. Diana told me I was being an ass for not supporting Sydney and that I was being selfish. I was a little taken aback by her blow up. I know I was being selfish for my feelings, but I didn’t think I was being an asshole, because I am proud of Sydney and I’m excited to go to her graduation down in San Antonio.
So, AITAH?