Letters to the Editor

• Seems like you're doing the right thing

  [Read the article: How can I ditch my bitchy friend now that she has cancer?]
  [Read more letters about this article: Here]

  She was never someone that you'd grown to despise, she just became someone you'd just as soon not be around. So you made some distance. Now that she's in a terrifying situation and probably has a great need to feel loved and cared about, you've put your (visible) irritation with her away and are showing her kindness and compassion. That's the right thing to do in my opinion. I'm not seeing how that could be considered a flaw or a weakness. I'd call it strength of character. Having said that, if you really want to dump her as a friend you can do that too without requiring too much self loathing. As long as your not mean about it or feel the need to itemize the resons to her, you can slip quietly away and leave her to her close friends. Option one is above and beyond and commendable, option two is perfectly okay - nothing to put on a resume, but nothing to beat yourself up over either. Just my opinion.

  Permalink Tuesday, October 2, 2007 07:48 PM