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Originally Posted by Silver Springs
I really love it when friends go into vast detail about their own lives and you sit there ever so graciously listening and commenting when appropriate. But when it comes to you they shut off and make it clear that they really do not care what's going on in your life and what you have to say. Really. That's just super. 
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It's safe to say we've
all had friends like that! One of my very best friends was that way, actually. Our friendship revolved around his needs, his convenience, and his having the type of good time he wanted to have. If other friends in our group decided we wanted to go to a restaurant or bar he didn't suggest, he'd ruin the entire outing by pouting like a spoiled child. He wasn't there for major moments in any of our lives, though we were always there for his. Everything you shared with him, he'd rope back into a conversation about him & his "mama." Yes, this was a 40 year old man who is obsessed with his Mother who runs his life. I finally had to just cut off our friendship recently, which I hated. That's what you've gotta do with people whom you can't have equal friendships with, unfortunately.