I Am Devastated By Real Reason of My Best Friend’s Message She Accidentally Sent Me

We’ve all had those moments where a single slip shatters everything — but this one takes the crown. A woman didn’t just gossip about her best friend behind her back; she accidentally delivered the brutal blow directly to her face. Insults, betrayal, and pure awkward chaos — this story has it all. Buckle up, because what was said will leave you stunned.

There were no signs that something was off.

I and my best friend have been friends since high school. Now, we are a part of the same college friend group. On Friday night we were out. Everyone was hanging out together like we typically do on the weekends. We went back to her house. Everything was normal.

I wasn’t exactly planning to stay the night, but she pleaded with me and said we could get breakfast in the morning if I stayed. I obliged, and she told me she was going to sleep alone in her room so that she could call her long-distance boyfriend. So, after telling each other “I love you, goodnight” and giving hugs, I went to sleep in the guest room.

About 20 minutes later I received a text from her that read “She’s staying in the guest room so I don’t want to trash-talk her too loudly.” I responded with a simple “Huh?” and received another, longer text complaining about how she just can’t figure out a “respectful” way to get rid of me.

It was probably around 2:45 AM at this point, but I packed up all of my things and snuck out the back door. The next morning she sent me a voice memo apologizing and saying that she was drunk and meant to text her boyfriend but “I’m just not that fun anymore” and we’ve “grown apart.”

My heart is broken. It feels wrong to bring it up to anyone else in our group of friends, so I’ve spent the last few days grieving, and trying to remind myself that I’m only 20 and can still bounce back and find new friends. Unfortunately, my 21st birthday is in a few weeks and now, I fear I won’t have anyone to spend it with.

Reddit came to her defense, offering advice.

• You don’t need to find a new group of friends. I would openly tell your friends what this girl did. She’s crazy, and if she’ll do something like that to her supposed best friend, she will do it to those other friends too. © thegreatbrah / Reddit
• Yes and provide evidence of screenshots as well. As for your friend, tell her she didn’t choose the respectful way to unfriend you but the method she did choose worked and don’t respond to her anymore. © thewildatheart / Reddit
• Her behavior was so two-faced, and you deserve friends who genuinely value you. Grieving this might be tough, but it’s better than keeping someone around who talks behind your back. © Worried-Guarantee-90 / Reddit
• She’s cruel and strange. This is somehow about clout with her bf. Obviously completely untrustworthy and deeply immature. BTW, she wasn’t going to try to get you to leave; that was all performative bs for her bf; if she hadn’t texted you by mistake, she would never have changed her behavior towards you or said anything. I think you’ve let her off too easy and she needs a proper slagging, but I understand why you might be reluctant to do that. © NoReveal6677 / Reddit

And some people shared their own experience in similar situations.

• This is what my cousin does with me! We’re not that different, like I wouldn’t say one of us is prettier or better in any way. But she will go out of her way to make me look really bad to her boyfriends. She feels threatened anytime I’m in a room with one of her boyfriends. She even says that otherwise, they’ll like me more. Which in my opinion would say more about the man than me. But it is what it is. © Warning-Opening / Reddit
• I’m so sorry. My sister is like your friend. It’s all because she has to be the center of attention, and manufacturing drama gets her what she wants. © CuriousPenguinSocks / Reddit
• I had a “best friend” like this, we’d been friends since age 6. She imploded our friendship the day before my senior year started and we had committed to being managers for the football team. I had to see her 6 days a week in close proximity. When I talked to other friends who knew her, it was obvious that this was the norm for her. We’d been friends since 6 years old. I played nice from August til the end of November. 30 years later, I’ve never spoken to her again. I even sent a card to her mom when her grandmother died. Forgiveness took a long time, but I would still never welcome her back into my life. It hurts a lot for you right now, but you’ll be so glad to surround yourself with people you can truly trust. © Shamrocks7677 / Reddit

Sometimes, the people you trust the most — your best friends — can hurt you the deepest. A single lie, a broken promise, or harsh words said behind your back can destroy years of friendship in an instant. Betrayal doesn’t always come from enemies — it cuts harder when it’s from a friend you thought would never let you down.