I have recently had to distance myself from two fairly new friends; one is a neighbour and the other is someone that I met at a martial arts class I go to once a week.
The neighbour, since the day she moved in, has wanted constant favours, help with her kids, and seems incapable of managing her life herself without drama. She texts me long monologues constantly about herself, usually moaning, and if I reply with anything about myself she then doesn't reply again until she wants to send the next text about herself.
The other lady that I've met at martial arts club again seems to want constant favours and help, which I have been happy to do up to a point but the favours were getting more and more complex, demanding and time consuming not to mention cheeky. She also kept sending me long texts and facebook messages moaning about her situation.
Someone else that I know is totally self absorbed; on Facebook she posts dramatic status day after day, and will often do a status such as checking in at a hospital 'feeling worried' and then disappear for days before updating. She rarely replies to anyone's comments or support to her moans. Every year or so she starts a new Facebook account and only adds 'people who care about her' as a friend. I haven't commented on anything of hers for a while for reasons stated above, and luckily I haven't been added to the new account. She never offers any support to others, ever.
Does anyone else think that more and more people are just totally self absorbed and selfish these days? I have got good friends btw, who are not like this in any capacity, hence it's no big deal to cut loose self absorbed idiots.