Mishka: I am so sorry to hear that you are hurting. And I really get it. It has happened to me several times too and it hurts. I have found that divorce and the resulting emotion does separate people from us. I have the same thing with friends I've had for the longest time - now it is hard to get them to call back and sometimes they don't for months. One of my very best friends for 11 years just stopped talking to me. I've emailed, phoned - no there is no reason. I wanted to tell her about the condo as she'd been to Florida with me a few times and I wanted to invite her - it was nothing down.

I lost friends when Ryan got sick too.

So - I don't really think it's you - I think it's her. And that was a really nasty thing to say.

And if you're really like me - sensitive and non-confrontational - that's a really hard thing to do.

But it might help.

Hugs to you. I would return your call and I would listen.

Barb