My best mate is 40 but I think I hate her – she won’t stop talking in a baby voice, even her kids are embarrassed by her
A WOMAN has slammed her 40-year-old best friend for “talking in a baby voice” and being “completely in denial” of her age.
The friend loves wearing clothes “covered in glitter and unicorns”, skips around supermarkets singing and “finds it funny to fart in meetings”, the woman alleges.
And despite having two teenage children of her own, she is still refusing to grow up – with her “immature behaviour” even embarrassing her kids at times.
The woman took to Mumsnet to vent about her friend, assuring that “she’s an amazing friend in every other way” but is very “childish”.
“Recently she’s started talking in a baby voice and changing her words to childish ones,” the poster penned.
“She’ll say things like, ‘here come the nee naws’, ‘I got an ouchie’ and in a whiney voice, ‘that’s minnnnne’ or ‘I don’t wanna gooooo’.
“She had to go to an important meeting and asked me to go as support, but I had to tell her to get a grip when she spun on a swivel chair saying, “wee, watch me!’
“I have mentioned this a few times and she gets defensive and says it’s just a bit of fun.
“Her children have begged her not to do this and my partner refuses to go out with us after she was behaving like this in public.
“Her parents have told her to grow up and she just laughs and calls anyone who criticises boring.
“The more people comment the worse it gets.”
The woman admitted that she’s “starting to hate spending time” with her friend and is “embarrassed by her skipping round Tesco wearing a unicorn backpack”,
“I hate people staring at her and judging her, it makes me feel protective as well as embarrassed,” she added.
“She’s not hurting anyone and doesn’t do it all the time, but it is becoming more frequent and I’m scared it’ll become an ingrained habit.
“If anyone asks her age or date or birth, she tells them she’s 18.
“Even if it’s being asked for an important reason (like a hospital appointment), she refuses to back down until they just go along with it.
“I think most people are humouring her assuming she’s mentally ill.
“I think she’s just recently turned 40 and completely in denial but I’m hoping as she gets used to it the behaviour will stop.
“It’s getting increasingly difficult not to get frustrated and angry.”
The woman sought advice from fellow Mumsnet users, questioning what the best way to approach the situation with her friend was.
Many vindicated her, suggesting that her friend “might actually be suffering from a mental illness” triggered by childhood trauma.
“I would get her to her GP – she’s definitely mentally ill,” one suggested. “This is not behaviour that is benign and fun-loving.
“This is your friend trying to be a young, blameless, no responsibility child, and I wouldn’t facilitate it.
“I’d avoid her till she seeks help or agrees to revert back to her original and own personality.”
Other users warned that the friend’s behaviour is indicative of “psychosis” and “something seriously wrong” with her mental state.
They urged the poster to stage an intervention and gently encourage her friend to seek mental health guidance or help from local services.