Met up with old friend yest evening who I lived with for a year at university. She had a mental health condition which meant she could go between extreme highs and extreme lows, and proved to be quite difficult to live with. She's always had an intense personality and that really became obvious during our period living together. She rarely asked my housemates and me about our lives, instead telling us the minutiae of hers and ranting on for hours. Things came to a head when she made a huge deal of a personal event she was having, insisting on five days of celebrations in her honour. This was the culmination of months of accusations from her about us being "terrible friends" and in the end we sought to distance ourselves from her.
Anyway bumped into her recently and she seemed stable and more mature (this all happened three years ago) so decided to go for a drink with her and former housemate. She was unbelievably irritating!!! Was OBSESSED with housemate, directing all questions at her, barely looking at me, not even waiting for a reaction to her annoying stories before pressing on with the next one. She complimented my friend on her looks, asked about her love life and asked me one question in two hours! To be fair she barely asked my friend any questions either. It was absolutely terrible. She has zero self awareness.
Worst bit was when she brought up events from university and how "left out" she had felt! I don't condone having distanced her from the group but equally she was IMPOSSIBLE to live with and it was the only way we could protect our own sanity. She demanded answers, told us how hurt she'd been, and started shit-stirring about previous group gossip. I couldn't beloev