friendships

[morningapproach]

how do you say to a friend that she needs to lighten up, because she is making hanging out with her exhausting because I am having to always watch what I say because she thinks that I am always insulting her and making jabs at her. it is always tiny things, like the way  I am standing, or the way I say something,  or a compliment is a veiled

Comments

[sacramentalist]

That doesn't sound like a friendship at all. For someone who feels old, she sounds very young. You could just not take the bait. It's her problem, not yours.

Or you could ask her what's bothering her. Try to not be defensive when she airs some grievance over a misunderstanding.

[aprileb]

This is exactly what I was thinking while I was reading your post.

[lookinfoareason]

I actually am going through something similar

[mwman]

I don't know if I'd run like the last commenter said, but I would totes consider downgrading her to acquaintance, life is to short to have to deal with people like that.

Negative people bring everyone around them down, ask yourself, when her number pop up on the phone does your inner voice say "omg I can't wait to talk to her" or "le sigh, her again"?

[for_love_of]

It sounds like she is trying to distance herself from others. Maybe see if you stop hanging out if she even notices.