Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : My ex-friend is mad at me for talking to a guy she introduced me to. She thinks we’re hooking up and what not but we’re just friends.

When her best friend got mad at me for hurting her by talking to him, me and the guy decided we would keep our friendship a secret. She said I’m trying to be like them too much but I’ll never be them, I should find my own friends instead of theirs, I’m an introvert so I should stop trying to be extroverted and if I actually cared about them, I wouldn’t be talking to him.

We met a few days after that and the next they, they found out. My friend started texting me saying how friends don’t do this (she’s into him; then again she hooked up with him while her friend was totally in love with him), how fake I am and accused me of wanting to sleep with him the next time we’re supposed to meet (we weren’t supposed to meet at all). At that moment, I’ve decided I’d had enough.

Told her that I wouldn’t be sorry for being friends with someone. She has friends who she was introduced to by other people and that’s okay, but when I do it it isn’t for some reason? Told her I’ve had enough of their toxic behaviour and that it’s okay with me if she doesn’t wanna talk anymore. (But, of course, I still somehow managed to apologize.)

They both tried to be threatening in their texts but when they saw me irl a few days after that, they put on their hoods and started running away. Then her best friend came back and tried to confront me. Her: “You haven’t texted me back yet.” (she texted me that day as well but I didn’t have the strenght to argue with two people at once) Me: “Yeah, why would I? I talked to [my friend], it doesn’t concern you.” Her: “Well everything that happens to her concerns me.” Me: “I really don’t think so, she’s almost an adult. She should resolve her problems herself.” (meanwhile, she was standing a few feet behind us) Her: “Wow, I thought you were smarter.” Then they just left.

Haven’t talked to them since and I’ve never been happier.

As far as their toxicity goes, they talked to me only bc I usually have money on me. Always paid for their stuff and food, never got paid back, never had anything paid for. Saying stuff like “If you don’t buy us [X], you can go home.” “If you actually liked us, you’d buy us more.” “If you have money you can come, we don’t have any.” and so on. But guess who’s easily manipulated and always did what they said?