Torn Inside

Dear Miss Monroe:


I have a close friend whom I have been friends with for eight years.  The problem is that throughout our friendship I have been annoyed at the things she does to me. She often makes mean, sarcastic comments to me and flakes out on me. We were at a bar together one night and I was talking to this guy, and she yanked me into the bathroom and complained that I was spending more time with him than her.  Once time she borrowed a dress of mine and when I asked for it back she said that the dress wasn't mine but hers, and showed me a receipt supposedly from the dress but it was really just a Dillard's store receipt for shoes so WTF?


I need advice.  I just don't know what to do.  I am actually in therapy over this.  I realize that I continue on with the friendship because I really don't have any close friends to turn to and talk with. I have spoken with my psychologist about this and she shakes her head when I have given her specific examples of what she's said or done to me.  When I ask her what I should do, she just says, "What do you think you should do?"


Help!


Torn Inside


Dear Torn:


Get up from your computer right now and fire your fucking therapist!  She is doing Sudoku puzzles in her lap and mentally going over her grocery list and whether or not she should get bangs next time on your dime.  That bitch isn't even listening.  


People usually don't really change.  It's probably time to expand your horizons and make some other friends.  It's good to have other options.  Give your friend some space and see what happens.  She will probably dump you now to be with her "cooler" friends, then call you crying in six months about how she never appreciated your friendship.