Authority Worship
My best friend sided with my mean step mother when my dad divorced her and I decided she couldn’t be a part of my life anymore. Said friend decided that my step mother was a saint and I owed her an apology for the way I’d behaved throughout my teen years.
I was dumbfounded because this was my only friend and I’d confided in her all the horrible emotional abuse id gone through. But it was my fault. And it was my fault my dad cheated on her too. Yup. I don’t hate this friend.
I was angry but I kinda realized that she’s always been the sort of person who needs authority figures to like her. She told me she was glad her (undocumented) dad got deported because it was illegal for him to be here. Yup. Glad she’s not in my life anymore. Story credit: Reddit / caffieneandsarcasm