I have been friends with her for several years. Our kids now go to the same school. She is nice but is also one of those irritating people who always goes on about being busy all the time. She also talks a lot and it is hard to get a word in edgeways.
I will sometimes bump into her at the school and she will literally talk at me for 10 minutes about herself, then will suddenly say 'I've got to go, I'm so busy, I've got to do X/YZ', as if I've been keeping her talking. I've started saying I've got to go now before she does, as I do have to get to work each morning after the school run, but she is visibly put out when I say that.
She will also text me asking something, I will reply then I get a reply back saying something along the lines of "Can't talk now, busy at the moment, speak soon". Again as if I've been delaying her or am bothering her when it's her that's contacted me!
She works in a shop in town. Today I went into said shop as I wanted to buy something. She was chatting to a colleague. As soon as I walked in she said 'I'll be with you in a bit, I'm a bit busy right now' and put her hand up to me. I said 'I'm not here to see you, I'm here to buy things' and just walked off as I couldn't believe how rude she was!
She is also always late to everything! We will arrange to meet at, say, 1pm, and at 1pm when I'm at the planned meeting place she will text to say she'll be 45 minutes late, so I end up having to sit around waiting. Yet if I'm ever even 5 minutes late she will moan at me!
DH says I should ditch her, and tbh she is getting on my nerves a lot, but just wondered how you would deal with someone like her?
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Arabellaboo · 13/08/2016 22:59
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