Toxic friendship—did I do the right thing?

Dear glow family,

A close friend of mine called me to tell me that she doesn’t think my husband is right for me. She made claims that she does not like the way he speaks to me and is emotionally invalidating. I honestly thought she was joking at the start of our conversation, as my husband is good to his core and would never hurt a fly. I continued to listen and i asked her very calmly to give me a few concrete examples of times where she has observed this and she gave two instances that were comical. I told her that I loved her and am grateful that she cares about me, but my marriage was nothing to be concerned about. We had just gone through a miscarriage together and my husband has been unconditionally loving. She just said that she feels it in her bones that he is not a good person.

She is not in a stable place right now and has known to make outlandish claims about other people in the past. My husband messaged her politely to ask if they can talk. He was just as surprised as I was. She proceeded to block us on social media.

I sent her a message letting her know how hurt I was after our phone conversation. She responded with “why are you so hurt” and that she would talk to me when I was ready. I didn’t respond because I just did not have the energy to and had work the next day.

She responded the next morning by saying that I was threading our friendship by stonewalling her and betraying her trust by telling my husband. She also said that she was being “harassed” and “abused” by the both of us and that she would be there for me when I was ready to admit “the raw and ugly truth of our relationship.”

I responded with “okay, take care. We sincerely wish you all of the best in life 🤍”

I am worried about her because these claims are just so outlandish. She has severe depression and does not have anything to occupy her time with and has been living off of her dad’s money while trying to pursue an acting career. I love her and I always will, but I think I have said my peace and will distance myself and set a very kind, but firm boundary. I will continue to pray for her.

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