Thank you for your advice. She and her cousin/my good friend aren’t that close. I mean, they are family and growing up, they were oil and vinegar, complete opposites. Yet, I’ve observed that the older we get, the closer my so-called friend wants to be to her cousin and other family members (even though she has continued to speak negatively of her and her other family members, which I have chalked up to her negativity wiring, the main reason I’m now avoiding her). In the end, my good friend/her cousin, has a decent handle on her family members and her cousin and she’s a very conscientious, deeply loving person. I doubt that she would allow herself to get caught up in anything negative her cousin has to say about me. As a matter of fact, she would most likely come to me with anything negative said about me by her cousin. That is how I ended up confronting my so-called friend shortly after my wedding. I was willing to not say anything and let go of how inappropriate and lame she had been during my wedding as my matron of dishonor until I heard the things she was saying about me. She talked so much shit about me after my wedding to anyone who would listen that her cousin/my good friend defended me and then let me know what was being said. That should’ve been my red flag right there about my so-called friend’s apparent insecurity and jealousy issues. Nevertheless, yes, I will exercise discretion with my good friend as I will not to speak against her cousin/my so-called friend. However, if confronted with anything her cousin/my so-called friend expresses to her about me, I will not get into detail with specific reasons as to why I’ve walked away from the friendship between me and her cousin. I will simply state that I just can’t have my energy negatively drained anymore. It was exhausting, frustrating and gave me severe anxiety in the end and that’s that. My good friend is sensible enough to know how her cousin can be. And I am too. I’m not saying that my so-called friend is a bad person. She’s not. She’s just not being honest with herself and therefore hasn’t been honest with anyone else, especially me. She doesn’t understand other people’s boundaries and how her actions in crossing those boundaries affects people. And when she’s hurt or something is compromised or changed in her life, she reacts like a wounded animal, biting the hand that tries to offer assistance. I can no longer give her what she wants or needs and it’s not my job to do that. She needs to find her own happiness and I truly hope that someday she does. I release her with love and fond memories.