Dear Dr. Chloe,
I’ve known my three dearest pals for eight years—we met in college and became friends almost instantly. Since we all got married, we don’t talk or hang out as much, but we do see each other occasionally.
One of them is constantly making rude remarks about me, including how I look and how I handle my money. She even ignores me in a group chat and I feel that she doesn’t want me to join anymore. I treasure our friendship but this is hurting me.
It feels even more intense because making new friends seems to get harder as I get older—it was easier to make friends back in college—but at this point, it just feels awkward opening up and really letting my hair down with people the way I can with old friends who knew and loved me through my immature, pre-success college years….