Posted by partlycloudy on August 11, 2004, at 9:27:30
In reply to Crying at my desk again, posted by TexasChic on August 11, 2004, at 9:14:29
Here's a kleenex, TC. I know she is supposed to be your friend, but can I tell you (as your friend) that she isn't acting like one? I'm afraid I have had friends like this before. I've been incredibly upset and hurt by the things they've done and said - or not said. I'm definitely "gun shy" about making friends - it takes me a long long time, because I don't want to feel that vulnerable again. I have acquaintances that I keep an arm's length from for that very reason: I can see that the friendship would be parasitic instead of symbiotic. I'm way too fragile to open myself up to being friends with someone who is basically trying to crawl up the boss's behind, if you know what I mean.
At least you got an answer - kind of. You deserve a much better friend than she is capable of.
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