Jealous and touchy colleague is making me fear going back to work once furlough is over
DEAR DEIDRE: I’VE fallen out with a close friend at work.
We were furloughed in March but are due back in a week. I’m dreading it.
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We were at catering college together then got a job in the same restaurant.
We are meant to be mates but she is jealous, touchy and dramatic.
We were due to meet up in the park a couple of months ago but I had to cancel, as my youngest was feeling unwell.
She phoned up in a fury insisting we meet the next day.
We’re both 28 and I think she’s jealous that I’m married with kids, while she is single and lives on her own.
It will be awkward at work but I’m starting to feel life is too short to have her a friend.
I don’t need all the drama she brings.
DEIDRE SAYS: I’m sure life is hard enough without her touchiness and dramas.
A true friend wouldn’t be jealous or putting that pressure on you.
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Keep friendly and professional at work but don’t arrange to meet up socially unless you want to.
Tell her you are too busy . . . which is probably true.
And my e-leaflet Standing Up For Yourself can help.