Until you address me directly, you do not have an issue with me. You have an issue with yourself. I don’t respond to whispers, assumptions, side comments, or conversations held in rooms I’m not standing in. If it was serious enough to speak around me, it should be mature enough to bring to me. Until then, that is not conflict; that is avoidance wearing confidence.
The way your friends friend treats you is a direct reflection of how your friend feels about you. I’m a firm believer in that. If your Friends homegirl come around you being weird it’s because your friend be talking about you lol.
You can always tell when someone has spent their entire life tearing others down and never once faced a real consequence for it. It is in the way they carry themselves. The casual cruelty that comes too easily, the complete absence of remorse, the slight surprise when someone finally pushes back. People who have never been held accountable develop a particular kind of boldness that has nothing to do with confidence and everything to do with a lifetime of getting away with it.