Polls: Family & Friends

Mine is hit and miss. Sometimes she acts like my best friend and the next she’s viciously taking actions and saying things she knows will upset me!

I'm miserable and miss my peace and freedom. I'm always stressed, sleep deprived and angry. My previous life wasn't perfect but I damn sure wasn't miserable to this extent. So if I could change things I'd never have my child. My child has ODD, ADHD and autism so that makes my experience as a parent miserable and single parenting at that.

My friend can't ever forgive her parents ever getting disowned for getting pregnant at 18. She's now 32, in a stable marriage, they both own a business and her two kids are both ages 14 and 9.

Her parents all of the sudden are all remorseful and want her back. However, this was her reply back to them ''My biological parents died long ago. Goodbye''. She then proceeded to blocking them.

She can't ever forgive that they didn't give a rats about her life (her 2nd pregnancy nearly cost her life; it got complicated), health, her first child's birth, her wedding, her b-days, etc. She also suspects they're just contacting her only after finding out she's having a good life and wouldn't be reaching out if she was poor and struggling? Her then boyfriend (now husband) took full responsibility and she received support from his parents. They were like a real parents to her. She also imagines that even if she forgives them and were to have them back in her life, she would never forget what they're capable of and that their love was never unconditional, that they would leave her during bad times again.

Would you forgive and give a 2nd chance if you got disowned or not? Personally, I agree with my friend. I would never be able to forgive that.

I find it ridiculous putting someone I'm just dating ahead of my long-term friends I've known for much longer (whom I actually grew up with) and my own family. I'm sorry but nope, my close friends and family come first to me.

Unless I had a child with him or we're married, that would make sense (that would be different) but just a romantic interest, no kids and we're just dating? Ridiculous. I wouldn't mind if he feels the same way either.

I have a friend. I met her when I was 14 and she was 42 (horse people, so not super abnormal) She was my only friend for years due to my abusive parents isolating me. Is she a narcissist or am I crazy?

• Tells you you did things you know you did not do
• Calls you a narcissist when you don’t put them and their stories 1st
• Says you start drama and stir the pot when you hardly speak to anyone
• Constantly “plays both sides” if you are dealing with another person overstepping boundaries and gossips about you
• Constantly talked about her success then tragedy that took it away, but when you look back, timelines don’t add up and people she mentioned she was close to have no idea who she is.
• Constantly invalidated your experiences
• Extremely condescending
• Only spoke to certain people when she needed things from them
• Claims to be some rare miracle case in most aspects of her life
• Builds you up then immediately pounces and destroys the confidence you gained
• Extremely controlling over your dating life, new potential friendships and goals