/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8544195
Same.
>first convention, first cosplay, 12 yrs old
>bring friends whose parents couldnt give them rides
>their parents, my parents, and even I told them we need to stick together, esp because they were both well-endowed naiive girls who would attract gross pedophillic weebs like flies to a carcass
>get through security and they immediately disappear into crowd, won't answer their phones
>cry from stress from crowd, self-conscious about cosplay, and now is afraid for their lives (I get absurd with fears I know)
>spend entire con searching for them instead of. you know. having fun
>find them at some meetup, dad reads them the riot act
>they stay with us, sulking the whole time, and every time they run off, we chase them down again
>eventually go home
>friends don't contact me for a while
>ask one to hang out
>"maybe, but I don't think I can be friends with you if you keep panicking like that"
>that was an isolated incident (and I usually hide my anxiety quite well), and she was the main cause of it
>mfw
All these years later, I'm still friends with her. Now she's on that side of tumblr where they really glorify mental illness, and never stops talking about her mental health. But she hasn't given me an apology for damaging mine, and threatening to break off a friendship over it. Not really mad, but amazed at her lack of self-awareness.