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writes: At first, my friend of 10 years needed help. I gave it to her. The more I gave her the more she expected. Soon she was leeching on, and did not want me to give support to anyone else and monopolized the conversation when others asked me questions and tried to get to know me. She was jealous of my friendships and relationships with men, for fear it would take attention away from her. I will support anyone in crisis but I feel she is manipulating me with her moods and the attention she wants from me. Around her, I feel drained and used and can't wait to get away from her. She leeches on and talks for hours. She comes around when she knows I am at my busiest and when I have deadlines to meet. I don't want to be nasty. My family thinks she is lovely and a good friend. But around them she acts that way. It is driving me crazy. I have tried to stop being friends with her but she won't let me and then acts all nice again when I try to withdraw. I know this is long but I am agitated with her. I feel like this is a one way friendship with me doing all of the giving. She has problems of her own, including anxiety and she's lost a lot of weight, so maybe she can't be there for me. But why does she expect me to be there for her all of the time?
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