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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I distance myself from people who are extremely self centered/self serving. I am a very giving/supportive friend in a relationship. Lately I seem to be attracting takers who are not there for me, when I need them. I am disappointed with people who use the information you’ve shared with them, to manipulate friendship dynamics in a group setting. Learning to navigate this.[/quote]

I resonate with this a lot. Specifically with respect to one longtime friend to whom I have given a lot of support through multiple crises. In the past year or so I have become more and more aware of the imbalance between how much this friend focuses on herself and how little she seems to be interested in me and how I am doing. Our friendship mainly revolves around her getting support from me. I am feeling pretty strongly that I don't want the friendship to continue, or at least that I want to take a break for a while.

For those who have been in a similar situation: did you tell the friend? did you try to make things better, or just "break up"? Or did you just stop responding to requests and invitations?[/quote]

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