Reply To: What would you do?

As I’m not a confrontational person, I never came out right and said I don’t want to be friends with her. I simply stopped calling, writing, etc. She has written by e-mail many times attempting to renew the friendship. I am wary, knowing how rough she can become if upset with you. She doesn’t seem to get the message, but befriending her is opening up myself to all sorts of hurts. I decided to make myself available to her, to help her, but only with this crisis. I think she knows me well enough to know the difference between my caring, and my wanting to pursue a friendship.