Woman’s friends turn on her after she leaves guy ‘broken’ by friendzoning him and giving him a harsh dose of reality

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Turning someone down is never easy but honesty is always the best policy in such situations, even if it seems a little too brutal. One woman who had to reject a long-time friend’s advances has taken to Reddit for advice after mutual friends accused her of being too harsh. According to the woman, her guy friend of ten years, whom she refers to as “Mark” (not his real name) explains that he had asked her to meet for lunch and that he had “something important” that he needed to discuss with her. Immediately starting on the wrong foot, he begins trashing her current boyfriend, telling her that he doesn’t understand why she’s with him when Mark is better looking, taller, and more successful (according to Mark). He also claims that he liked her first and has known her longer which insinuates that he believes he has more of a right to be with her. Mark gets gets a reality check After claiming he doesn’t understand why she chose someone else when he was right there the woman asks whether he wants her to be honest to which he says he does. She explains that she would never date him “given how I’ve seen the way he treated his past girlfriends.” According to her he frequently ghosts them and then expects them to be there when he needs them.  She told him that he’s “immature and irresponsible” which is why she had actually begun distancing herself from him and she thinks dating him would be exhausting.  The truth hurts and Mark quickly excused himself only for mutual friends to contact the woman later in the evening asking what she had said to him. Apparently he had been withdrawn all day and had been drinking. They accused her of having “broken” him even after she told them what she had said. The people of Reddit offer their thoughts Mark’s response kind of proves the woman’s point, immediately sinking into self-pity is pretty immature. Well the people of Reddit are always happy to offer their two cents. One Redditor states that him “being rude about your current partner,” is a “turnoff.” Another wrote, “You didn’t break him. His ego is just bruised.” A third criticized the mutual friends, writing, “Anyone who claims telling him the truth “broke him”… is not someone you want in your life either.” It seems Mark has some growing to do. Hopefully this reality check will be a wake up call and he’ll do some serious introspection and become a better man for it. Of course, it’s none of the woman’s concern what he does with her honest remarks as she updated the thread to reveal that she had since blocked him.