Is She Driving You Crazy? 
Six ways to survive a high–maintenance friendship
My friend Liz and I can talk about our hair for hours. She'll tell me if I need to wear a jacket with that certain dress. And we have something only the closest friends have: a Mustache Pact. That means if either of us ever goes into a coma, the other will come and wax the comatose friend. That's a real bud.
Then there are those friendships that require more. Have you ever checked the Caller ID with ...
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Janice
Terrific suggestions!!
Tracy Pace
great piece! Christ meant us to love everyone- those who don't love us included- but we mistake what this means: it's not that we can be in close personal relationship with everyone, but that we treat everyone the same, according to our values ( hopefully strong loving ones! ) and as the writer says using trials as an opportunity to polish our own social skills and character. 'If you love only them that love you, what does it profit you?' A gentle example and encouragement can help most friendships over a rough patch, but there are really difficult people who we can just try to accept and be kind to anyway, even at a distance if they are really toxic. And it does teach us to value that handful of really special relationships in life! We can always pray for anyone, including more patience and compassion for ourself. I think kindness is the most important trait, and one which gets lost in the busy self-absorbed world sometimes. Little acts of kindness known only to God are precious!
Ladybug
This article is excellent except it did not help me in the situation that I am in. I have an aquaintance who is rude, haughty and ignores people. She gives the impression that she thinks they are inferior to her. She will not talk to me unless I ask her a question. Then she will answer and that's the end of it. Sometimes when I try to make conversation, she ignores me. My husband and her husband are best friends, so I tried to be a friend to her, but she treats me with disgust. Seems like it has to be her way all the time; and she is never wrong about anything. I have prayed about this and really struggled to be a Godly example, but have now decided that I will no longer try to befriend her. I will no longer subject myself to this abuse. I am praying for her, but for now, will not visit or have any contact with her. God is the one who honors us in giving us special friends and maybe she just isn't one of them.
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