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[quote=Anonymous]The background of the story is that my daughter, "Jamie"  had a few play dates with "Susie."   They are in 6th grade.

After play date #2 and me over hearing conversations between the two, I started to realize that "Susie" is a bit unstable.  She is very pushy and demanding.  For example, "Why didn't you call me back?  I called you 8 times!"

She once asked me for a ride home after school and I hadn't met her parents yet, so I was not comfortable doing so.  She pouted away as if I was wrong or unreasonable.

Susie asked Jamie several times to walk home with her after school, despite Jamie telling her that she was not allowed.  I would hear her say over the phone in the background... "Just ask her!!!" over and over again.

Susie had several outbursts aimed at Jaime last year and then would apologize minutes later and say "its my ADHD making me do it."

At the beginning of summer, Jamie came to me and told me she thought Susie was weird.  She said she was uncomfortable with the friendship and felt sad more than happy when they were together.  She said she had never had so many fights with one person before.  I advised her to distance herself kindly and to simply say that she would be very busy this summer and would have limited text/talk ability.  Despite this conversation, Susie texted and called several times throughout the summer asking "are you mad at me?"

Fast forward to now:  Susie now comes up to Jamie daily saying that she's sorry for whatever she did and can they please just be friends again.

Jamie is very uncomfortable with Susie and wants Susie to leave her alone, but she doesn't want to hurt or feelings or be mean to her.  Jaime told Susie she wasn't mad at her for any reason, but she thinks it will be better if they just aren't close friends anymore.  Susie's words are now "I'm sorry for whatever I did.  I won't do it again."  This was her behavior last year as well, and then she would scream at "Jamie" for something like not waiting for her after school.

They are in the same social circle and now another girl is pressuring Jamie to resume this friendship with Susie.

What would you tell Jaime to do?  [/quote]

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