to want my friend to back off?

[macdoodle]

I have a friend, we are good friends not very close, but ok. We have been friends for about 8 years.
She is shall we say a little "needy", always "needing" advice/reassurance/building up etc! Which mostly I dont mind, I like her, and I like to help, though there is very little coming back!

She only ever rings when she "needs" advice about something, and they tend to be very long conversations, with me repeating the same things over and over again!

I am having a very stressful few weeks (money, car dying, small claims court etc etc). She rang my mobile yesterday, left a voicemail saying nothing urgent/or to worry about, "just wanted some advice"!

I am in small claims court later this afternoon, stressed to high hell and just couldnt face ringing her back, I planned to call her tonight if I can face it or tomorrow in my lunch break!

But today, I kid you not, she must have tried to call me half a dozen times, missed calls on my house and mobile, its stressing me out anymore, if its something urgent I cant help anyway, I have too much on my plate, and if its another long call about her I am just not up to it

How many times would you call a friend before waiting for them to get back to you (not nearly 10 surely) Or AIBU because I'm stressed (she does know my situation)??

YANBU
can't bear people like that. Ignore, ignore, ignore. When you feel ready to call her do so and if she says anything just say you were very busy and it slipped your mind. She'll get the message eventually.

Ignore her. She's a pain in the arse, pure and simple. In fact, if someone tries to hunt me down like that, it would make me even more likely to ignore them, tbh.

My mum does it and it drivs me mad.

YANBU. I would call once, perhaps twice but not until a couple of days had passed.

I would be very tempted to phone her and say you are not able to help her today but you will call her tomorrow, and then say, 'OK then? Bye' very quickly.

YANBU - but I would maybe text along lines of "sorry can't get back to you, in court this pm, all very stressy, will call when I can". If she doesn't back off after that she is a loon...

I'd probably do that too TBH.