Busy Beards wrote:This has been going on for a while, but I'm just now starting to really get frustrated with this.
So I have this friend who comes over to spend the night at my house almost every week. And she usually stays for more than one night. The problem is, I like having a lot of alone time, and when she's over, I don't get to be by myself nearly as much as I'd like. She occasionally lets me have thirty minutes to myself while she hangs out with my sister, but she's always saying it's not fair. I understand she wants to hang out with me, but is it really so hard to understand I already see her nearly everyday? Does she really have to spend so much time at my house? I really want to spend time with her, but not for days on end. She doesn't understand why I like being alone, and I keep explaining to her that she spends too much time over here, and of course, she does it anyway. When I do get to be alone while she's here, it's always for thirty minutes at a time. Never more. I can't feel comfortable with just thirty minutes, and she knows that. She even tells me to ask my sister to see if it's okay for me to be alone. It shouldn't be another person's decision whether I should be alone or not, should it? I'm being controlled by my friend and my sister to spend time with them, and it's making me more and more uncomfortable each time. I don't like it one bit, and I don't know what to do about it at this point.
That sounds awful ;-;
It's a good idea to find the root of the situation before you proceed to say or ignore a situation. Why is she staying at your house so much? Does she have any siblings? Is she getting abused at home.
I think, before you ignore the problem, and especially before you begin to tell her how you feel, you should sit her down and ask her if she's feeling alright, say that you've noticed her spending time here a lot. If she didn't realize she was, then tell her you want some alone time. Even if it doesn't seem so, it's good to question if she thinks this is perfectly natural, if she just thinks it's what friends do, set her straight.
But is there a possibly something at home is upsetting her or even potentially pointing her in danger?
Just make sure to be gentle as lamb c:
Good luck!









