Is My Jealous Pal Really Secret Foe?

Friend’s quips so cutting

- Jane O'gorman

I SUSPECT my dearest friend hates my guts.

I thought we were close, but she never misses an opportunity to contradict me and hurt my feelings. We recently met for a dog walk and her first words were: “Blimey, you’ve got fat.” Then she laughed at my hair, saying I looked like a witch.

I casually mentioned that my teenage son is driving me crazy, and she muttered: “Yes, well, he’s always been a brat.” I asked her what she meant, and she replied: “He’s just like his father, isn’t he? He’s ugly and selfish.”

I was stunned. She and my husband dated in college. They were something of a golden couple until he cheated on her.

Divorce