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Aug. 27th, 2022 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nepotisPosted by: u/throw__away14
My (21M) best friend (28M) showed up in this world a month or so before I did, from several years in our future. When we first saw each other, he looked horrified to see me, but I had no idea why. The last time I had seen him back in our world, I had asked him to arrange a meeting between me and our world's superhero, because he (the superhero) had something only he could give me, that I needed to save my life. The superhero said no, and I was (understandably, I think) pretty furious.
Things were a little awkward between me and my friend here in the present. He never told me what happened in the years in between us, but I didn't press him about it, either. We were catching up on stuff when that kaiju attack happened, and we both got roped into piloting a giant robot together. Because of the mind-linking technology, I accidentally saw some of my friend's memories, at which point I learned that he actually was the superhero who had refused to help me back in our world.
Again, I think I was pretty justified for being angry that he had kept this secret from me, on top of being angry at him for denying me the help I needed to avoid a certain death sentence. I bailed on him then and there and have been ignoring his calls ever since.
He's still my closest friend, in this world or in ours, but it's going to take me a long time to get over feeling betrayed by his actions. AITA for wanting to keep my distance from him? Other people I've spoken to who know about the situation say I should try to reach back out to him, but I don't think I'm ready for that.
AITA for ghosting my best friend?
My (21M) best friend (28M) showed up in this world a month or so before I did, from several years in our future. When we first saw each other, he looked horrified to see me, but I had no idea why. The last time I had seen him back in our world, I had asked him to arrange a meeting between me and our world's superhero, because he (the superhero) had something only he could give me, that I needed to save my life. The superhero said no, and I was (understandably, I think) pretty furious.
Things were a little awkward between me and my friend here in the present. He never told me what happened in the years in between us, but I didn't press him about it, either. We were catching up on stuff when that kaiju attack happened, and we both got roped into piloting a giant robot together. Because of the mind-linking technology, I accidentally saw some of my friend's memories, at which point I learned that he actually was the superhero who had refused to help me back in our world.
Again, I think I was pretty justified for being angry that he had kept this secret from me, on top of being angry at him for denying me the help I needed to avoid a certain death sentence. I bailed on him then and there and have been ignoring his calls ever since.
He's still my closest friend, in this world or in ours, but it's going to take me a long time to get over feeling betrayed by his actions. AITA for wanting to keep my distance from him? Other people I've spoken to who know about the situation say I should try to reach back out to him, but I don't think I'm ready for that.
