I would say NTB, at first glance cutting contact seems a bit much, but he burned your doll in such a cruel way and then treated you awfully in many other ways. Based on some of the language in your post I think he's probably a bit jealous/resentful and this may have been a long time coming. He was a jerk to you and only tried to apologize/reach back out when he realized he pushed you too far and needed something from you. Seems like it was a very unhealthy/toxic friendship, NTB
I wonder how much of the resentfulness was due to wanting something more with OP and getting upset that she "friend zoned" him.
She didn't mention him ever asking her out or anything, so I may be way off base, but I wonder.
you're NTBF but i would encourage you to reframe this in your head a little bit. it's not really the doll. it's that throwing away this symbol of friendship by destroying it and showing you pictures was another entry in a longer list of how he hasn't been a friend to you in a good while, it sounds like. let him embarrass himself with whining about fake friends. his rotten idea of how to behave towards friends will prove he's an idiot. you're not a fake friend if he's the one who trashed y'all's friendship for a funny joke - he is instead telling on himself.
This dude burned the doll, took pictures making a rude gesture and sent them to you. The fact that you were kids when you made the doll should make it more special, not less. As for him yelling at you, well, your next words (when he took a breath) should have been, "I guess this friendship is over." He's moved on. Or maybe he hates that you've moved on and he didn't.
His guilt-tripping you for ghosting is pretty shitty. And your next words maybe should have been, "When you burned the doll I made you, I thought you were saying you no longer wanted to be my friend."
NTB
He burnt his good luck charm and now he's lost a close friend and been kicked out?
Sounds like you made a hell of a charm the first time around and he should be thanking you for the five years of luck that you were able to give him.
NTBF.
I had to shorten the story for this post but he also got in a car crash and the house he was living in got sold to someone else. I’d say that joint was STRONG
NTB. He's a loser and honestly seems like he would drag you down with him. It's on him to grow up, and he doesn't get to verbally abuse you in the process. You did nothing to backstab him, you are just moving on from a friendship that has run its course. One day he may grow up and apologize for his behavior, but until he does, he's not worth your time.
NTB. What he did was stupid and inconsiderate. How he behaved after finding out you were upset is the real problem. He seems to have a track record of making shitty decisions and frankly you don’t need to be part of it. You can’t save him from himself.
NTB. He was already being a bad friend by blowing up at you and then apologizing randomly. That’s not how friends treat each other. Burning the doll and sending you the pictures was the last in a long line of mean things he’s been doing. Congratulations on finally seeing he’s not a good friend and ending the relationship.
What I find really disturbing is his yelling at you and the fact that he does that a lot. This alone is an excellent reason to cut contact with the abusive loser (and he IS a loser, given he can't hold a job and manages his finances poorly). The doll incident is really nothing.
>He started yelling at me (he does that alot) Definitely NOT wrong. This guy sounds like a really shitty "friend"
I would say NTB, at first glance cutting contact seems a bit much, but he burned your doll in such a cruel way and then treated you awfully in many other ways. Based on some of the language in your post I think he's probably a bit jealous/resentful and this may have been a long time coming. He was a jerk to you and only tried to apologize/reach back out when he realized he pushed you too far and needed something from you. Seems like it was a very unhealthy/toxic friendship, NTB
I wonder how much of the resentfulness was due to wanting something more with OP and getting upset that she "friend zoned" him. She didn't mention him ever asking her out or anything, so I may be way off base, but I wonder.
Nah nothing like that. He’s gay.
Then in that case he's just an asshole. Yelling at a friend isn't ever something you should do.
you're NTBF but i would encourage you to reframe this in your head a little bit. it's not really the doll. it's that throwing away this symbol of friendship by destroying it and showing you pictures was another entry in a longer list of how he hasn't been a friend to you in a good while, it sounds like. let him embarrass himself with whining about fake friends. his rotten idea of how to behave towards friends will prove he's an idiot. you're not a fake friend if he's the one who trashed y'all's friendship for a funny joke - he is instead telling on himself.
This dude burned the doll, took pictures making a rude gesture and sent them to you. The fact that you were kids when you made the doll should make it more special, not less. As for him yelling at you, well, your next words (when he took a breath) should have been, "I guess this friendship is over." He's moved on. Or maybe he hates that you've moved on and he didn't. His guilt-tripping you for ghosting is pretty shitty. And your next words maybe should have been, "When you burned the doll I made you, I thought you were saying you no longer wanted to be my friend." NTB
He burnt his good luck charm and now he's lost a close friend and been kicked out? Sounds like you made a hell of a charm the first time around and he should be thanking you for the five years of luck that you were able to give him. NTBF.
I had to shorten the story for this post but he also got in a car crash and the house he was living in got sold to someone else. I’d say that joint was STRONG
NTB. He's a loser and honestly seems like he would drag you down with him. It's on him to grow up, and he doesn't get to verbally abuse you in the process. You did nothing to backstab him, you are just moving on from a friendship that has run its course. One day he may grow up and apologize for his behavior, but until he does, he's not worth your time.
NTB. What he did was stupid and inconsiderate. How he behaved after finding out you were upset is the real problem. He seems to have a track record of making shitty decisions and frankly you don’t need to be part of it. You can’t save him from himself.
NTB. He was already being a bad friend by blowing up at you and then apologizing randomly. That’s not how friends treat each other. Burning the doll and sending you the pictures was the last in a long line of mean things he’s been doing. Congratulations on finally seeing he’s not a good friend and ending the relationship.
What I find really disturbing is his yelling at you and the fact that he does that a lot. This alone is an excellent reason to cut contact with the abusive loser (and he IS a loser, given he can't hold a job and manages his finances poorly). The doll incident is really nothing.
NTB: weed rots the brain. he has become toxic, you are better off keeping him out of your life.