Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : I want to be an artist/animator (I’ve been drawing for about 2 years now, so I’m still an amateur) and to get better, I usually post on social media for feedback. One of my favorite sites to use is Amino, since there are a lot of artists who are around my age (I’m high school/college age) and who are around my skill set, so I feel more comfortable there. 

While browsing posts on there, I saw a post/comment saying something about them being down, so I replied asking if they wanted to talk. They immediately PMed me, and I consoled them the best I could. After we talked a bit and got to know each other (they mentioned that they had depression and anxiety), they asked me if I could draw them a new profile pic.

This should have been the first red flag, but since it was a small drawing and they asked so nicely and I wanted to cheer them up, I agreed, and finished it in a few hours. I sent it the next day, and they seemed really happy with it. However, directly afterwards they asked for two more art pieces. These were much larger scale drawings, and they wanted them to be in a style I wasn’t very comfortable drawing in. Additionally, they wanted the drawings done by the following week so that they could impress their friends.

I agreed, even though I wasn’t sure if I would be able to do these in time, because I didn’t want to upset them.

For the next few days, they would constantly pester me about the drawing. Due to schoolwork and other life-related stuff, I couldn’t get a lot done, and soon it became clear that I wouldn’t finish it in time. In hindsight, I should have told them sooner that I couldn’t finish it, but I felt horrible and kept putting it off, telling myself I’ll get it done somehow.

Eventually, it was two days before they wanted it, and I STILL haven’t started it. I had had an extremely stressful day, and when they once again started to ask me about it, I snapped and said I wouldn’t be able to finish it, and that I was sorry but that they should probably find someone else. They seemed really upset, and started freaking out. They talk about how depressed they were and how they just wanted something to impress their friends and was that too much to ask? I told them that I wasn’t a therapist and that maybe they should talk to someone, since there was only so much I could do and that I couldn’t help them from where they were. They were sounding increasingly aggressive and said that they had started crying, and by that point I was becoming extremely distressed and (I’ll admit that this was an asshole more) I left the conversation and blocked them.

About a day later (it may have been a few hours, but I don’t remember exactly how long) I regretted what I did and tried to unblock them and apologize, but I couldn’t find them again and I think maybe they blocked me back, but I don’t know for sure.

I definitely feel like one, but really AITA?