Einsam_Delphin said:
Expectations or not, a jerk move is still a jerk move. Just cause you expected X jerk move, that doesn't make it any less hurtful. A person is either your friend or they're not. You can expect whatever out of them, but that's not what determines whether they're a friend or not. It's their actions, how they treat you, etc., that determines this. The OPer seems to have thought that being a friend to someone makes them your friend, but that's clearly not always the case. Of course we don't know the details, but I'm willing to bet the OP's friend never really was a true friend, despite that likely being what they called each other. All expectations do is let you see, in this case, the pain coming beforehand, and possibly let you avoid it, but if it hits, it'll hurt all the same. Hope all this made sense! |
If there was an expectation to receive help from her and she declined, it would hurt more than if she didn't expect the help from her to begin with because you wouldn't be let down by her.