My friend is an esthetician. A damn good one in fact. I'd say one of the best. So obviously, I've been using her services exclusively and paying her for it. Yes, we've been doing it from home and it was less expensive than at a salon, so I was really grateful for it.
Now, she found a new job at the most upscale salon/spa in the city. I'm talking $30 for an eyebrow wax when it is on average $11 for every single other place (I was paying my friend $7) and a simple facial is $120 when the average is $80 (Paid my friend $40.) Manicures are $50 and so on.
I am so happy and so proud of her. When taking tips in consideration, she is making three times her old salary and has gotten quite the reputation. This is amazing.
But there is a but - you knew the but was coming - she signed a contract of exclusivity. So she can't do any services from home or at other salons. Even with a friend's discount and the assurance that she doesn't expect a tip, it is still double what I can comfortably pay.
So I've been going to another esthetician, and my friend has noticed. At first, she assumed that I was taking her tips into consideration until I told her the truth. Now she is really upset.
We had a bit of a fight where I tried to explain that I'm cheap and that my decision has nothing to do with her as an esthetician. She feels as though I don't support her and that I am betraying her by going to another girl despite being her client for almost a decade.
All of our other friends who use these services have bit the bullet and now go the upscale place. I've been advised to just do that and go less often. But as childish as it seems, I work hard, save up and I want to relax with a massage once in a while or a nice manicure.
Though she is being direct but polite when I reach out, she is now always busy. I miss my friend, but I can't pay hundreds more a month just to satisfy her ego.
Should I just give her some time and distance, bite the bullet and occasionally go to her or just moonwalk out of her life?
TL;Dr: Esthetician friend has new job at expensive salon/spa. I don't want to pay double/triple what I did. She is unhappy I no longer use her. What can I do to soothe ruffle feathers? Any magic wording I can use to fix things?
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