The article discusses the personal experience of a friendship characterized by chaos and a lack of basic life management skills. The author expresses concern over the drama surrounding everyday tasks, signaling red flags in the relationship. Despite having empathy and willingness to help, they ultimately felt used and burned out from constantly problem-solving for their friend. The friend's shift in support to a local church raised further concerns about dependency, leading to feelings of being overwhelmed and taken advantage of in the friendship.
I ended up feeling like I was being used, and the more I became aware, the more she seemed to shift targets for help.
Having a lot of drama around managing everyday tasks is a red flag for me. I had a friend for a while who just didn't seem to manage the basics of life a lot of the time.
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