Man's Reaction to Friend’s Rejection, Drunken Kiss Baffles Pals

A man is at odds with his "toxic" friend group after rejecting his female friend's sudden show of affection.

He explained on Reddit that he has "always been prideful, to what some would call a fault," and when it comes to relationships.

"Six-ish weeks ago, I finally got up the courage to ask out my best friend, someone I had feelings for for a long time before this. She wasn't interested, and I accepted that right away, because why would I not? We've been friends for a long time, and I didn't expect anything from her," the man began.

He admitted he distanced himself from her "for just a little bit, to get over the awkwardness, but within a little over a week, it was like nothing happened, and I was glad."

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"At least, until this last weekend, when during a sleepover with all of our friends at my place, she kissed me. No one else was paying attention, and I was kind of in shock, so I just pulled away, and shook my head. I honestly figured she was plastered and that would be the end of it. We all had been drinking a lot, and I wasn't even going to bring it up," the man continued.

However, the next morning, he noticed that the woman and some of their friends had already left.

"The ones that were still there were really angry. No matter how I try to explain where I'm coming from, I'm apparently not 'understanding' how hard it was for her to 'confess,' and that she felt humiliated by my reaction," the man shared.

"I told them that they all knew how I felt about this kind of thing, and they started talking about how it was a 'different situation,' and that my response was heartless," he concluded.

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Users were baffled by the man's friends' reactions.

"What the heck is wrong with your friends? Rejecting a kiss by pulling away and shaking the head is heartless now? Do they think you have to accept any approach by a woman? Assuming the way you describe the situation is accurate, you didn't humiliate her, you just rejected her which is totally fine," one person wrote.

"Are you saying she rejected you and then changed her mind, but didn't actually sit down with or pull you aside to talk about how she'd like to see if you were still open to something? And that all she did to signal this was kiss you and her and everyone thought, like a little puppy you'd just wag your tail and come running? This has nothing to do with you being overly proud or stubborn. This was outright disrespectful," another user commented.

"I'd be more worried about WHAT she told everyone," someone else shared.