My friend could have written this. Rebecca, with your chronic sleep deprivation and financial stress, you have ample reason to be overloaded. As does my friend for reasons of her own. As do we all at one time or another.

Blanche said, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” A shitty friend, on the other hand, depends on the kindness of their friends. As much as my friend and I may care about one another, and as well-intentioned as she may be, I can’t be close to someone who is consistently so self-absorbed. I had brain surgery a few months ago, and during the slow recovery, I simply don’t have the patience and energy it takes to be friends with a shitty friend.