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I don't have friends to rant ab this so I'm just gonna drop it here on the forum.
I have a friend I met in Uni. We have both graduated and we live towns apart(approx 3hours). Thing is I am preparing for PhD while she's working as a teacher already. Thing is since I've been preparing for the exams (we have entrance exams for PhD) , I've gone recluse for over an year. It's not like I don't meet people, I do but over the year I've grown from being an extrovert to an introvert(I've found the joy of being a homebody, also greatly broke). I've visited her like 3 times and stayed over for weekends at her house. She has met me like once when she came to my town. The thing is she knows I have an exam in a week and she asked me if I'd visit her and stay over. Now usually I'd just say okay and make a plan but rn I'm not in a position to be anywhere except my home. I told her it isn't possible because of unforeseeable circumstances and she was pretty bummed.
But the thing is over the past 1.5years, I've asked her multiple times to come over to my house and stay over. Even asked her if she would want to go for a weekend trip but she told me she was short on money and when I told her I'd cover, she made some other excuse like being on her periods at that period of time.
I don't know if she thinks I'm always available just cause I'm unemployed but I have chores and I need to study. Plus I am super broke and can't even afford to travel right now.
Now she isn't speaking to me and if I text her she gives me dry replies. I know she's a very sweet person but idk what to do.
Anyway that's the rant