Dear Irene74:

You are welcome. You feeling sad regarding the ending  of this friendship reminds me what you shared in March 2015 regarding the 18 or 19 relationship you had. Even though you were unhappy in it for years and expected to feel a relief once you broke up with him, you didn’t feel relief. It was hard to let go.

It is very possible that your friend indeed didn’t like the change in you once you broke  up with your ex partner in 2015, eventually feeling happy post breakup. She wanted you to break up with him but she … didn’t want you  to be happy post breakup. Reads to me that she is unhappy.

It  is easier for an unhappy person to be around other unhappy people than it is for the unhappy person to do the difficult work of healing from what troubles them.

anita