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I have two work friends. One older than me who I’ve known for six years now, one younger I’ve only known for two. Both women, both people I consider very close friends. I’d do anything for them and I know they’d do the same for me. Well of course they don’t like each other. Young friend just doesn’t have any strong feelings to old friend, but old friend hates young friend and always talks smack behind her back.
Well, young friend recently broke up. Like, two days ago. She is, understandably, hurt and upset, and I’m doing everything I can for her. Old friend, when made aware of this info, responded with “well my week’s going to be awful now.” I couldn’t help myself. I told old friend how insensitive that was. She’s always been unsympathetic and condescending to the younger friend, but this I thought was just uncalled for. Young friend is still my friend, and now of all times you’d think old friend would just… not be like that. I’m not even saying she has to be sympathetic, but being deliberately mean is just, y’know, mean. Especially when young friend has never said a single mean thing about older friend. Now I feel like I have to choose between them, and I don’t think that’s fair. Young friend isn’t perfect, but one thing she isn’t is mean-spirited. She isn’t the best at her job and tends to be a bit self-centered, but never to anyone else’s detriment. She never puts anyone down or says anything bad behind their backs. She’s open and honest, and if all things to be broken up about, breaking up seems entirely understandable.
Am I wrong? Am I being too sensitive? I don’t want people to fight. I love all my friends, I have so few of them, and I just want them all to be happy. Yet I feel like I’m the bad guy for trying to be that arbiter of the workplace when I’m just a regular employee like them. It makes me feel like my place doesn’t matter. Those two friends barely interact with each other at work due to the schedule. Why can’t they just… not even get along, but just not have this drama?
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