Watching a friendship in trouble August 25, 2007
Posted by spacemom in : Nance , 2 commentsI am taking a break from Crazy H. Mostly, because she is driving me crazy right now.
I called her up a few weeks ago to vent about getting mono. Instead, I listened to her woes that she had been asked to apply for a new job that would pay her much more money, give her a managerial role, allow her to have much more flexible hours, etc.
She was "afraid to apply". I had to listen to her for 30 minutes. This drove me crazy.
When I finally explained why I had called, she went on and on about how she wondered if she had mono too because she was so tired lately. Grrrr
I saw her the day after Jimmy died. At NO POINT during that weekend did she see how I was doing. She was so wrapped up in herself that I was hurt. At one point, I apologized to the other parents for being so paranoid about the whole life jacket thing and she asked "why are you paranoid?" When I replied "um, my friend just died, by drowning" she said "oh, is that it?" Hello? As if I shouldn’t be affected by Jimmy’s life or death? I was so angry at that point I wanted to scream.
Later that weekend, she was comparing the "costs" of applying for the new job. When she was working out health care, she came up with $10K as the cost out of pocket she would have to pay instead of $0 as she does now. She announced that it really didn’t matter because they would use her husband’s health insurance. However, she would insist on getting the $10K extra in salary. When I asked why she rolled her eyes and acted as if she needed to treat me as the person she would be asking for the extra salary. I don’t need bull shit. If I did. I would watch John Edward more often.
This has really turned out to be one large vent. I guess the truth is that I am angry at Crazy H. She is focusing on herself and not being a very good friend right now. And that is pissing me off.
