Longtime friendship hits snag – can it be repaired?
Dear Harriette: My best friend and I have known each other since ninth grade. As we got older and attended different colleges, we both changed and have less in common, but we’ve remained great friends. I always felt we had a good balance when it came to managing our lives because we always made time for each other. She’s getting married later this year, and I couldn’t be happier for her, but now it’s even harder to find time to hang out. We get to see each other once every three weeks or so, and when we get together I feel as if she wishes she were somewhere else. She calls me begging to have a girls’ night out because her fiancé is driving her crazy, but when we get together she text-messages him the entire time. I’ve tried mentioning that her constant messaging bugs me, but it goes in one ear and out the other. The only way she ever truly listens to me is if I get mad and yell and scream. She’s one of the best friends I’ve ever had, but it’s so hard to communicate with her! I think s
