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Need needy friend to back off

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Fishfingersandwichplease · 06/01/2020 23:41

Got a friend who l care about and am fond of but she is so insecure and needy l find her a real drain. She gets her nails painted the same colour as me, texts me every single day to see what l am up to that day, then again later to see how my day went (sometimes l reply, sometimes l don't), tries to invite herself with me if l am going somewhere (although have learnt to be quite vague now), wants to be friends with all my friends who don't know her, questions me if l have been tagged in something on Instagram that she didn't know about - find her suffocating but she has very bad anxiety so how to l tell her to back the eff off without upsetting her??!! None of these things sound too bad now l read it back but she is in my face all the time. Thing is when she is having a good day, l love her to bits!!

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Fishfingersandwichplease · 08/01/2020 20:32

Randomname85 of course l like her or l wouldn't have bothered with this thread at all!! And l have got some lifelong friends who quite frankly have nothing in common with her so l don't fancy having to explain everything we might want to talk about as she is a fairly new friend. I do have respect for her but am saying l wanted advice on how to put a bit of distance between us without hurting her feelings had some great suggestions on here thanks to everyone who gave me constructive advice, much appreciated xx

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