My girlfriend and my female best friend never liked each other, but both pretended to be normal because of me. I had known my best friend since school, while my girlfriend and I started dating in the first year of college. The problem was that my best friend knew every embarrassing story about me, and my girlfriend always felt there was something more between us.
One afternoon in the canteen, my best friend jokingly took my phone and started reading an old WhatsApp group chat. My girlfriend came there unexpectedly and got angry seeing her holding my phone. Within minutes, they were arguing loudly in front of almost fifty students. My best friend said, "I knew him before you even entered his life," and my girlfriend replied, "Then maybe you should have dated him when you had the chance."
I was standing there like an idiot, unable to handle either side. My girlfriend later told me to choose boundaries, not people. My best friend says she did nothing wrong. Since that day, I have realised that sometimes the real problem is not choosing between two people but failing to set clear limits before things explode.