Landing a new job brings excitement and new challenges, but professional success often reveal cracks in close relationships.

One job seeker was thrilled to receive an interview for her dream job, but she realized accepting it would strain an already complicated friendship.

She’s left wondering whether to honor her relationships or follow her ambition.

Read on for the full story.

AITA for accepting a job where my best friend also works, after he told me that he did not want to work together with me?

I’m F(22) and currently in my third sabbatical year, looking for a job to save up and eventually move.

I recently came back from living in France and have always wanted to work as a substitute teacher.

I’ve applied multiple times but didn’t get in, so I’m working a temporary job with lawn mower robots, which is physically very hard for me.

My best friend (22M) works as a substitute teacher and has helped me with applications.

But their friendship isn’t always as supportive as she’d like.

However, he has mental health struggles (depression, ADD) that sometimes affect our friendship, mainly due to his difficulty with communication.

For example, he often impulsively agrees to things but later changes his mind, leaving me feeling blamed for “pressuring” him when I didn’t realize he wasn’t actually okay with it.

He recently made apparent his displeasure for her friendship style.

Recently, he told me he wanted some space, and after we reconciled, he mentioned he gets frustrated with me for small things, like asking questions or clarifying plans, which he interprets as boundary-crossing.

This has made me question myself a lot.

So when she finally gets an interview for her dream job, he changes his tune once again.

I got an interview for a substitute teaching job at his school, which I was thrilled about, as it’s been my dream job and has a great wage ($35/hour).

I told him I applied, and he was supportive, but when I got the interview, he suddenly said he didn’t want to work with me and needed space.

I was confused and hurt, especially since he helped me apply and said nothing earlier.

She wants to take the job, but worries about the consequences for their friendship.

After I explained my side, he said he still wanted a break and that it was up to me to attend the interview.

I ended up going and got the job offer, but now I’m conflicted.

If I take it, I worry it could ruin our friendship, but if I don’t, I’ll regret it.

AITA for wanting to accept it?

Her career took a step forward, but it would seem her friendships are taking a step back.

What did Reddit think?

This commenter urges her to not let her friend dictate her career decisions.

No friendship should get in the way of a much-needed job.

She should really ask herself whether this friendship is worth the turmoil it’s bringing to her life.

This user cuts right to the chase: Take the job, ditch the friend.

While she may want to be a teacher, it’s not her job to handhold her personal friends.

Sometimes life’s greatest lessons come from outside the classroom.

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