🇦🇺 Australia 6h ago · Eleanor Gordon-Smith

A friend I’ve known for 50 years has become a self-absorbed, petulant know-all. Should I cut off contact? | Leading questions

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A friend I’ve known for 50 years has become a self-absorbed, petulant know-all. Should I cut off contact? | Leading questions
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This is a fairly common problem with decades-long friendship, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Do you respond to the person you knew, or the one you’re tired of knowing?Read more Leading questionsAn old friend – we first met over 50 years ago – used to be kind, supportive and good company. But she has become a self-absorbed and petulant know-all. She is the centre of her own little world, and all her friends – me included – are expected to run around after her and cater to her needs

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