True friends accept each other’s quirks and weird behaviors.

If you had a friend who kept insisting that you watch their favorite show, would you watch it even if it didn’t interest you, or would you refuse?

This woman shares a close bond with her male best friend, whom she has known since childhood.

They both have behavioral conditions, which have become more apparent now that they’re older.

When he recommended that she watch his favorite show, she refused.

Now, he’s being petty.

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AITA for refusing to watch my autistic friend’s show recommendation

I (21F) have an autistic best friend that I’ve known since we were in the 2nd grade (21M).

I have ADHD, so when we were younger, we were like the only friend that the other had. This was on account of our respective conditions, making us quite an acquired taste.

This woman noticed that their maturity levels are quite different now.

Recently, I’ve graduated from college while he is still in college, and I live at my own apartment while he still lives with his parents for free.

Sometimes, I worry that our maturity levels are just different now, and I feel like his pettiness comes out at the weirdest times.

Her friend is obsessed with a popular show that she didn’t want to watch.

So, there’s a somewhat popular show that he’s obsessed with. He sends memes in the friend group chat about it, talks about it nonstop, etc.

Without revealing the show, it’s something I would never organically watch.

I told him this politely when he recommended it to me. I thought he would just be like, “Okay, that’s fine.”

But he got extremely offended and kept wheedling me to watch it.

I still politely resisted.

He went out of his way to mock and make fun of the YouTuber she’s watching.

One day, while we were hanging, I hovered over a YouTuber I really like, and when he asked, I admitted I was a huge fan.

So, he went out of his way to talk bad about the YouTuber and basically make fun of my tastes.

When I called him out for his random malicious behavior, he admitted it’s because I won’t watch his show.

Now, she’s torn between giving in to him and confronting him.

I’m so confused.

Why is he being such a petty person about this?

Should I just watch the show even though I doubt I’d enjoy it, or just confront him?

AITA here?

Did her friend overreact, or should she humor him by watching his favorite show?

Let’s read the responses of other people on Reddit to this story.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This person gives their honest opinion.

There’s no reason for him to behave this way, says this person.

An autistic person speaks up.

Finally, short and simple.

True friendship means respecting each other’s choices, even when they differ from our own.

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