Girls Room

[Ashirr-Leigh]

I don't think you're over-reacting at all.

It doesn't sound to me like you gave your friend any reason whatsoever not to invite you to his party. And yeah, maybe the whole thing does sound a bit 'high school' but so do most things when you break them down! It's just the situations that change.

I hope you get it sorted out, Eli.

Maybe someone else has told your friend something about you that isn't true, or maybe something's happened that's affected him and you haven't realised it? I'm not meaning that to say like it's your fault but it just sounds really bizarre, you know?

And Mez, yeah, I know! I didn't even bother to get into it with her because I've been there countless times before. I think, with some people, if they have an idea in their heads, there's no changing their minds. This woman I think genuinely believes that teenage mothers are at the root of all evil, I'm not going to be able to make her think otherwise by engaging in an argument with her, right?

[Eli]

Thanks, I can definitely see what you mean by that. My other friend confronted him with it (again, I had nothing to do with that) and he just said that I hadn't been interested when he invited for a cabin sleepover this fall. Fair enough, I know I misunderstood something back then and that was partially the reason why I didn't go with them on that cabin sleepover, but at the same time he knows that had nothing to do with any of the people on that trip, I just didn't see the big fun in sleeping in a freeze-cold cabin with hundereds of people just outside (this was during Rally Norway) partying all night.

But fair enough, I did say no to that trip. Appearently he had told my friend he couldn't invite a lot of people, but he would try to push the limit so I could come.

I'm not going though, sure it's nice of him to try to push the limit so he can fit me in, but he basically chose pretty much everyone he knows over me, and I'm not gonna go when I don't feel like I'm wanted.

I bet he's gonna try turn that around on me as well, because he text messaged my friend and told her that he had nothing against me, but he had been "trying to reach me all day" but I was mad at him and hadn't picked up the phone, so if that's how I wanted it to be, then I could be as mad as I wanted.

That really annoyed me, cause he called me ONCE (I didn't hear my phone) and he hasn't even talked to me, so he's just jumping to conclusions.

I've planned a girls' night with one of my other friends instead (she's not really friends with him and his friends), so we're gonna watch American Pie and eat ice cream in our PJ's. I'm not going to a party my friends had to bargain me in to.

Also, I'm really shocked to hear about that mother. There are definitely WAY bigger problems in our society that teenage mothers! It's about how you treat your kid, not your age.

[Ashirr-Leigh]

I would do the same as you, I wouldn't want to go because I'd feel like I was almost being given a pity invite, if that makes sense?

I hope you guys can sort it out though because it sounds like your friendship is worth more than a falling out, yeah?

Oh and the night you're planning sounds like fun - American Pie & ice cream? Sounds great to me!

[Eli]

Yeah it definitely makes sense, thanks for the support

We're gonna watch American Pie&American Pie 2 in our PJ's, eat loooaaads of ice cream and get really fat

[Ashirr-Leigh]

Not a problem!

Sounds like a good night.. sometimes I prefer nights in with just 1 or 2 pals than a huge get-together/party, don't you?

[Eli]

Yeah, sometimes it's way more fun when you're just two or three. We're usually three friends when we have these nights, but the third girl has moved away for school, so we don't get to see her as often as before, unfortunately.

But it'll be a lot of fun being just the two of us as well

[Ashirr-Leigh]

Aw that's a shame, it always sucks when you don't get to see people as much anymore.

Saying that though, it makes it all the better when you eventually do see them again!

[Eli]

That's true

It's weird, cause she only lives like fourty minutes away and still come back into town all the time, but still it changes things.

She has her own place though, so Sara (my other best friend, the one I'm having the girls night with) are going up to visit her a weekend soon.

[Ashirr-Leigh]

Ooh, she has her own flat? How cool!

I'm looking into getting my own flat at the moment. Well me & Ellie. My twin possibly too. It's just so cramped at home, there's like a million people living in a house designed for about six or something, lol. Don't get me wrong, I love my family and it'll be strange as hell not living with them but Ellie & me need our own space now that she's growing up a bit.

[Eli]

I can see what you mean, I'm sure that'd be good for both of you.

She has her own flat, but she also comes back to Elverum because all her friends, and her boyfriend lives here. Plus there's a bus between the two cities every hour or so, and as long as she pays the monthly ticket (which is like nothing compared to paying for one ticket per ride) it's basically just the 30-40 minutes that makes it hard to move between the cities.

I haven't seen the place yet, but AC's (my friend's) description of it was that it is "upstairs from a football pub [*mutter-mutter-somthing*] and has a huuuuuuge pink couch." so it sounds promising