Disappointed with long time friend

Friend (26M) recently went on an overseas trip. While on a guided tour, we lost each other in one of the destinations. For context, I stayed at one place tapos sya pala umalis sa tabi ko without telling me. I tried to locate him and call/message him habang nakikita kong connected pa sya sa hotspot ko. I ran the risk of being late myself dahil ayokong maiwan sya no matter what. I did my best na hanapin sya, and when I couldn't, I walked halfway back to the tour bus. I called the tour guide to confirm if, hopefully, he already made it back there. Thankfully, after a few mins, the tour guide messaged me to say na nandun na sya. ISTG I felt a mix of relief and disappointment. Relief because I know he's safe. Disappointment because di man lang nya naisip patawagan ako sa tour guide nung di nya ako nakita sa bus.

When we got reunited, I was annoyed and all he could muster was "i couldn't find you kaya ang safest bet ko ay bumalik mag-isa". I was feeling a lot of emotions kaya nanahimik muna ako for a good 10 mins into our next stop. I didn't walk side by side with him muna until alam kong kalmado na'ko. When he noticed my sour mood, parang sya pa yung naiinis sa'kin. Eventually, we apologized to each other and got back home in peace.

Today, while recounting this experience to our other friends, parang na-feel ko na he wasn't really sorry about it. I didn't even blame him, pero ang unang bukambibig nya was "in my defense". Sad lang na when I felt strongly about not leaving him alone in a strange place, sya pala iniwan nako lol

IDK pero mula noon, parang it opened my eyes to behavior na dating hindi ko napapansin. For example, pag may ippoint out akong something new or exciting to me, biglang eentra sya ng "ay samin meron na nyan" or with something as simple as step count "ako naka XXXX steps na hehe" in a way na lagi syang bida hayst

Posted Dec 2, 2024, 5:53 AM UTC · edited

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