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I am 21 years old. My best friend moved away the summer after 8th grade and we have stayed in touch all of this time. We talk online or on the phone every single night. Lately though, she has been really clingy. She gets mad if I can't be online or talk to her that night, or if I hang out with any other friends. I mentioned going to a concert for a few hours and she started guilting me and telling me that she is really upset and really needs me right now, but when I ask what is wrong, she won't say. I don't know what to do? I know she had her rough patches, was raped in high school and suffers depression, and I try to be there for her as much as humanly possible. I answer my phone at 4 in the morning, sometimes miss class just to be there if she needs to talk. I don't want to lose her as a friend, she means too much to me, but I don't know what to do. Her being so clingy and jealous is starting to push me away and i don't want it to come to that. Please help!
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As bad as it might be for your friend, but you have a live too. And calling at 4 a.m. shouldn't be a usual thing for her. She must stand on her own feet. It's important to have friends and to know that they are there for you when you need them but you shouldn't use all their time b/c that can kill a friendship.
Maybe it would be best to see her and try to talk to her about how YOU feel.
Wow...you two have talked on the phone every single night, for 6 or 7 years? Thats what you call a special friendship.
You both are getting older now, so naturally there is more going on in your life, than before.
Thats tough what happened to her, and its great that you have been there for her to talk to, etc. but....if she is still having major problems, then she doesn`t need to call you at 4 AM, she needs to talk to a counselor. It sounds like she needs to deal with her problems, so she can move on with her life as well.
We can`t waller in our pity, or expect others to feel sorry for us forever.
There comes a time in life, that we need to help ourselves.
I would just tell her how you feel. She cannot possibly expect you to not have a life outside of your house, at age 21.
I'd have a talk with her.....make her feel like you really do value her friendship and she really is very important to you but you do have to allow yourself to focus on your life also......If it were me I'd gently tell her that you would love to be there for her whenever you possibly can but that can't be 24/7 as you do have to maintain your own life as well.
She gets mad if I can't be online or talk to her that night, or if I hang out with any other friends. I mentioned going to a concert for a few hours and she started guilting me and telling me that she is really upset and really needs me right now, but when I ask what is wrong, she won't say. I don't know what to do? I know she had her rough patches, was raped in high school and suffers depression, and I try to be there for her as much as humanly possible. I answer my phone at 4 in the morning, sometimes miss class just to be there if she needs to talk. Please help!
I agree, you should go visit her and talk this out. You have the right to:
- have other friends
- go to concerts
- sleep through the night
- go to class
She is taking advantage of your friendship and good heart. You need to set some boundaries. No one should be calling you at 4 a.m. unless it's truly an emergency - fire, flood, hurricane, car accident, etc. She's using you and trying to make you feel guilty about living your life. This just isn't right. I'm sorry she has had a rough life, but she needs to get a grip. Talk to her and set some boundaries before it escalates. Best wishes.
I had a friend like that. I went over to he apartment literally every night to console her for months. She was depressed, her boyfriend was in jail as usual, yada yada. she lived 45 minutes from me. Well i worked all day and drove myself home because we didnt have any plans. She calls, tells me she needs to talk, and honestly i didnt feel like driving that far. I worked closer to her home than mine. she blew up, told me i was a horrible friend, and basically acted like i was never there for her. Needless to say that pissed me off because I was always over there. people couldnt see me in public without her without saying "hey, wheres your other half?" I love her as a friend but there are some people that you can never be there enough for.
Tell her you understand that shes going through a rough patch. Maybe tell her about your plans to go to concerts, etc. ahead of time so that she can't act surprised like you're deserting her. If you just tell her a couple days earlier maybe she won't feel so "abandoned"
You know, I used to have a friend like that. Her clinginess got to be SO bad that I lost other friends over her. I finally had to end the relationship between the two of us. She wanted me as her friend and not to have any other friends. From personal experience, this is a red flag for me. Ever since that experience, I stopped being friendly with those types of personalities. Oddly enough, I use to seem to attract those types but that was years ago. I wish you the best, I know how you feel.
i wish i had a friend like you...nobody has ever been there for me at 4 in the morning
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