I don't know whether this friend has a certain personality type, or if she is just a total cow and I need to stop bothering with her. I've known her 4 years, and we met through NCT group when we had our children. My second child, her first.
She is one of those people that always knows best. When our children were little and when she was pregnant she was full of lectures about what everyone should and shouldn't be doing with their babies. She gives off this air of everyone not being as good as her. She is my friend on facebook and she'll ask questions in her status, such as where can I buy a bed guard, and then when people answer, her replies will be things such as "Oh no I wouldn't shop there" and "Hmmm, I don't think the quality will be good enough from there". Or she asks things or Facebook or does a very attentions seeking status and then doesn't reply to anyone. Like she thinks she is too good and her time is too precious. And she never comments on my statuses or photos or those of the other group members.
She makes a big deal over how she does everything, and everyone in our group thinks she is brilliant and they all look up to her. They seem to think she's a benchmark as to how to parent. She also always makes out her child is best at everything, most advanced, cleverest, and if he does do anything last she makes a big deal about how it was far better for him to do it last as he took to it far quicker than those that did it younger, as he's so bright. She has a sneer on her face and is quite aloof in how she comes across. She never makes any effort to arrange any meets, whereas the rest of us do. And she doesn't often reply to texts from any of us. What I find very rude too is how she tries to put down other people. I said the last time we met up that I am keen to keep my DS a little boy for as long as possible and she started scoffing and saying her son was in a hurry to grow up and it would be impossible to do that with him.
I am thinking perhaps she is insecure and so maybe I should be understanding towards her? Or whether she is a total and utter cow and I should cut contact with her and stop inviting her to meets at my house. She does make me feel quite uncomfortable and I always feel like I can't quite be myself when she's there.