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Bitter and twisted friend

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pecanpie24 · 04/12/2022 19:18

I've been friends with (let's call her Sarah) for over 14 years. We've always been close. The last couple of years she has become increasingly bitter and twisted to me and my other friend

Constantly making comments about my life decisions. For example, when we bought a house, she would say along the lines of 'I could never buy a new build, I'd want a garage and it to be detached, new builds aren't built well, they devalue in money' and I let this slide. She also thought I was making a mistake buying a house with my OH. It's been two years since and she has progressively gotten worse, she constantly talks about herself, how she feels so hard done by, we are so lucky to have this and that and is depressing to be around. She shows no excitement when she sees us and never makes the time to do things as a three. She is never happy for us when something good happens, and always makes it clear. Another thing, It's literally her way or no way. If we go for a walk, we have to go where she wants to go etc. she's bloody hard work and I'm starting to resent her. Loads of other things have happened but there's too much to write it down! But in Lamont terms, she's a depressing, miserable, bitter person! She's been spoon fed her whole life by her parents which also does not help.

How do you deal with people like this!

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BeautifulWar · 04/12/2022 21:16

@pecanpie24 arh well, it sounds like this 'friendship' is a lost cause. She's shown how she behaves when things don't go her way and it's not pretty! It sounds like she didn't appreciate you pulling her up on her behaviour either, so it seems like she feels entitled to behave however she likes.

I'd personally just let the friendship slide.

WonderfulCounsellors · 04/12/2022 21:28

My SIL is like this, she was just so unhappy as she just didn’t find a significant other or have children. She started being like this in her late thirties though. She lost friends, DH and I fell out about her as she was especially unpleasant to me, he admitted it but it took a while. I wasn’t expecting him to not see her I just wanted him to acknowledge it.

dolor · 04/12/2022 22:44

She needs to get herself some therapy by the sounds of it, to vent about why she's so unhappy.

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