Dear Queenie,
My good friend who used to be in the same class as me is not anymore and we barely see each other at school at all. Whenever I do see her, she acts like some queen bee, like anything I say makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, and she will also always make some rude or sarcastic remark.
She was one of my best friends. Now she hangs out with these high school girls who act like I’m in first grade practically.
Please, Queenie, what should I do?—Frustrated friend
Dear Frustrated friend,
It is a sad fact of life that old friendships sometimes break up when new friendships are formed. Apparently your ex-friend is trying to impress her new friends by treating you unkindly. If she can do that to you, you must ask yourself how “good” a friend she could have been?
Ignore her behaviour. It is probably a symptom of her insecurity, and certainly an indication of her immaturity.
Be loyal to the friends who haven’t dumped you and have dumped on you, and try to find some new friends, ones who can be counted on to treat you well and to stick with you through life’s developments.
And learn a lesson from what you are going through: never to treat anyone else the way this girl has treated you.
