Is it normal to have pushy friends?

Is it normal that I have a few friends who like to call me randomly and expect me to hang out with them at a moment's notice? One day last week my friend called trying to get me to hang out, but I was busy. When I told her I was busy with family stuff she got kind of huffy with me and I could even hear her husband griping about it in the background. I asked her what other days would be good for her to hang out and she told me what days she is off so I said "ok, I'll call you one of those days and see if you want to hang out then". It is easier for me to make plans a few days in advance.

Anyway, thinking it was no big deal, I went back to my business knowing I could call her on one of her off days. About five days later, I got an email from her asking me what I had going on in my life that would make me turn down having dinner with her and her husband?

Needless to say I was surprised to be hearing about this five days after she called me at an inconvenient time expecting me to drop everything while my family was getting together. I let her know I was surprised to still be hearing about this when I made it clear to her that I had plans that day.

Do others on this site have to deal with this type of thing from time to time? It seems pushy and disrespectful to me, and I wonder if others have experience with this kind of behavior and how to best handle it?

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  • turbojohnson

    your friends are hypocrites and they seem like they care more about them self's you should talk to her with a strong tone but relaxed and let her know that your not her slave and you cant just hang out any time she wants tell her that it makes you uncomfortable that she gets so upset when you cant hang out.

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  • Sounds like a simple miscommunication. Talk to her and work it out. Friends are hard to come by, it would be a shame to lose one over something so silly.

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    • it's_all_too_much

      Thank you for your reply. We did talk it out and everything turned out ok.

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