Hi - I need some advice please ?
I have been 'best friends' with someone on and off since we were 2 years old - we are now both in our thirties.
The thing is, my best friend is not a nice person sometimes, she lies, is very manipulative etc etc because I know her so well, I know all her tricks. To other people she seems wonderful at first until they get to know her properly.
However, we've stuck together. We go out with our husbands as they get on really well too. I've been there through thick and thin, she had an affair last year and her husband found out and left her for a while, and I was there for her all along.
Lately she's been really really self centred - everything's got a price on it or she has to be better than everyone else, but I put this down to her own insecurities.
She has taken up with some new friends at the moment. Last night we went out to the local pub and everyone was there, she didn't say a word all night to me, I might as well not even existed. I had a brand new outfit, shoes, bag etc, and she didn't even comment once, even though I said she looked nice.
She was just a complete cow. Laughing and joking with the new 'single' 20 year old friends and turning her back on me.
What do I do ? I know it's just a fad and that she'll soon get bored of her new friends but do I put up with it ? She doesn't even reply to my text messages for days on end and then it's a quick rushed response as she's going to meet them at the pub or something. She does have issues at home with her husband still, do you think all this stems back to that ?
Part of me just feels like I'm jealous, but I'm not. I have a very happy marriage, we don't need to be going out all the time and I think she resents that.
Has anybody had similar experiences with 'best friends' ?