"Sometimes she films me while I'm eating. I'll see myself on her Instagram it's like a jumpscare My best friend of 10 years, Marielle, calls herself the content queen. It's fun for a bit, but it weighs on our friendship. She is an extrovert and feels the need to record everything all the time. When we eat out, she says, The camera eats first, and takes photos with the flash on, which makes me cringe."
"She could easily hire someone if she wanted professional shots Marielle also expects me to film her at inconvenient times. Sometimes I'll be talking to someone else, or we'll just be hanging out in the street. I feel like our friendship has turned into me being her unpaid videographer. She could easily hire someone if she wanted professional shots. When I brought up my discomfort about this arrangement, she brushed it off."
Marielle records nearly every moment and posts clips on Instagram, often capturing the narrator unprepared or mid-bite, which causes surprise and embarrassment. Her habit of prioritizing the camera during meals leaves food cold and creates secondhand embarrassment when she poses or films others. The narrator frequently ends up filming at inconvenient times and feels like an unpaid videographer. Attempts to set boundaries about being filmed were brushed off. Marielle has provided career help and taken the narrator to brand events, but the narrator does not want the friendship reduced to a ledger of favours or constant performance.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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