Is this friendship normal?

I've been friends with this girl all throughout my high school years and we've always been really close, since the first day we met. Lately I've been trying to understand if this is a healthy friendship or not.
I am the only close friend she has, and she hangs out with me almost everyday. She even comes by my house unannounced and expects me to hang out. I comply, because I feel bad to say no. Usually she gets really obsessive about boyfriends, so when she has one, I don't see much of her. When we hang out she has intense mood swings, which I have to juggle over my own mood swings (which are pretty intense: I take medication for them) and sometimes even talk out of suicide.
She is also an intense financial strain on me, because I always pay and lend her money, which is never returned. She alternates telling me I'm really hot or she puts me down by saying I'm fat and ugly. I know it's not true, because I know I am attractive but when she tells me I am a bad person I believe it and feel like I don't deserve to be alive.
But other times she tells me how I'm her only friend and she loves me, and how close we are and I feel guilty of even doubting her. So, what do you guys think? Normal or not?

Voting Results
9% Normal
Based on 74 votes (7 yes)
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Comments ( 21 )
  • kinganarkzie

    Is it normal? Who cares. Is this friendship right for you? only you can decide. the fact that your posting this question on here makes me think its not.

    I had a one time close friend at school who I used to hangout with at first we were cool but after awhile she really began to put me down and whould say things like I'm your only friend and general crap like that. School became all about her and I really began to hate seeing her. So I had to cut her out of my life which is hard when you spend alot of time in the same room with someone but hey It had to be done. It meant I could not hang around with certain people because she would also be there but I felt better about myself and in the end I just spoke to diffrent people. Everyone got there own crap to deal with don't waste your time dealing with other peoples.

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  • Ugh I hate people that do this

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  • Sharted

    Just remember that people treat you in ways that you allow them to. She does this because she can. I know its not easy to say NO to people. I used to have that problem but eventually it became easier. I think too that sometimes in life people end up appreciating things/people more when they no longer have that thing or person. If you just hold off from her for a little while either she will disappear or hopefully learn to respect you. But YOU are incharge of who you have in your life and how they are allowed to or not to treat you.

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  • Not Normal.

    You need to either set some boundaries or ditch her as a friend.

    Why do you need her in your life?

    Are you using her in the same way she is using you?

    What benefits are you getting from allowing this friendship to continue?
    Do you crave her attention? Why?

    Why do you pay for everything?
    Why do you lend her money when you know you probably won't get it back?

    One thing is absolutely obvious: You are allowing/teaching her to treat you this way.

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    • MademoiselleBizarre

      @thisisomuchfun:

      I feel guilty that's why... I know she has a difficult financial situation so I pay. I keep her in my life because we've known each other for so long; I feel like because it's an old friendship I should just comply for a short time until we both go to different colleges.

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  • Jen118584

    Not normal, she is obsessive, clingy, and some type of bipolar, in my opinion. A friend should never tell you you're fat and ugly. That's just abusive. Not to mention that she's taking advantage of you financially. A friend should never make you feel bad, like you don't deserve to live. She is bringing you down in a bad way and you need to tell her. I know you feel responsible for her happiness, but what about your own happiness? She's a grown woman and needs to learn to function on her own.

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  • ArchDemonX

    Honestly, if I were you dude, I would get her good and drunk, pork her real good, then never talk to her or see her again unless she wants some more.

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  • Junli_Sg

    Dude, you have got to be strong man. You can't permit her to climb over your head though you guys are best friends. If she does treat you as one, ask her this. True friends won't extort money from one even if they're in poverty. Don't be fool by her buddy! Stay aware! That's all.

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  • AnonymousCanada

    this is by no stretch of the imagination, normal. find out if she is taking meds or if she has even seen a doctor about this because she is obviously mentally screwed up. this is not a healthy relationship at all and eventually you will end up just as messed up as her if you dont do something about it. if you really like her as a friend or otherwise, then i suggest taking her to see a professional, if you just care about getting your life back to whatever you consider normal, then just say in the nicest way possible that you cant be friends anymore, and that its putting extreme pressure on your mental and financial state.

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  • Piggy123

    She's a bitch.

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    • AnonymousCanada

      what the fuck is wrong with you?! she obviously has problems

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  • Thatguy777

    No wonder she has no friends.

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  • yeah_buddy

    My favorite color is ham.

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  • awkwardali

    Sounds like a really unhealthy relationship :(
    You should definitely talk to her about all of this. Do you think maybe she could have a serious, actual mental problem? Because it's really not normal for people to switch that drastically. And...to put you down like that even though she loves you? It just doesn't seem right.
    I'm sorry!

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  • bluesheepredsheep

    I don't know if that is normal but my best friend dose the same thing!!!!!!!

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  • granola_lola

    She sounds like a user. A crazy user. But i guess it's hard for you to end the friendship. And you probably don't want to because you like her alot. It's a difficult one :(

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  • FiSta

    stay away from the freeloading bitch! i know their type, dude if shes making you second guess yourself, then you dont need that, find yourself some better company....

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  • rockerfeller

    shez the real succubus

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  • This is not a healthy friendship. And it is affecting your health. Put some real limits on this relationship.

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    • veronicafan

      God no! Stay the **** away from her, she sounds like trouble!

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  • josiahsday

    Not normal in any sense of the word. This person in the opposite of a friend. She is the kind of person you should look back on years down the road and wonder to yourself "why the heck did I put up with that garbage?" best advice I can give you, is to lose her and don't take your time doing it.

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