Friends! How Many of Us Have Them???

Since I'm on the path of talking about reducing stress today, I felt a need to clear my head of some clutter. When I call someone a friend, it is very personal and very serious. I do not take it lightly. However, I have come to realize that for some, friendship for them changes like the weather or they use friendship as a way to create drama or have something to gossip about. When I notice things like this, it's a red flag and you can be sure that I will create distance.

Most recently, there has been an individual that I feel I can no longer call friend. This is due to a variety of factors to include creating a wedge between me and another friend, playing victim and lying to gain sympathy, broadcasting friends' personal business, talking about me and others in roundabout ways on social networks instead of talking to us face-to-face, using people selfishly, and trying to act like her stuff don't stink while she attempts to point out the problems with everyone else. This is not a healthy relationship and unfortunately trying to talk to her will be futile. How do I know? Because I've tried talking to her before and got my head bit off. Others have told her about herself before and she did the same thing. Long story short, I can not trust someone like this and have made the decision to move on.

Now that all of that is out of my mind, I feel relieved now. Back to your regularly scheduled program. ;-)