Ugh.  Insecure, needy people.   Who needs 'em?  When you find yourself wondering how so & so is going to react everytime you do something without him or her, ya gotta cut 'em loose.  High maintenance people take up too much energy and frankly, I don't like to waste energy.
 
Trust me, it's not just the ladies either.  I know this guy who continues to request "guy time" with my friend's husband.  And not like, beer and hot wings, guy-time.  I'm talking about golf and wine packages.  Lame.  Seriously, he was like, "you've got to make our friendship a priority, dude".  Ok, here's the thing, if a guy says to another guy, "we need to spend more time together".  Run for your life because he's probably going to skin you alive, then tuck his penis between his legs and dance for you.  (5 pts. for catching the Silence of the Lambs reference)

                              You know you have a needy person in your life when:

• You have to secretly hang out with other people so that he/she doesn't get their feeling hurt
• You find yourself never answering her calls
• He/She wants you to define your friendship over and over and over  (we're such good friends, aren't we?  Aren't we?  I SAID, "AREN'T WE????")
• Hanging out with that person becomes a chore.  Like visiting old people at a nursing home.
• You have to re-think everything you said and did because you're worried they'll take it wrong.  (ok, I may have had a brief history with this one myself.  I used to do this thing where I always thought people were mad at me because I'd get nervous and blurt out inappropriate things.  But now, instead of worrying about who I offended, I just surround myself with more inappropriate people). 
• Drama seems to follow that particular person everywhere and the common denominator among all the  drama seems to be, you guessed it---him/her.   
  
   
  I'd just like to say, it's taken a long time for me to have become as secure in my own skin as I am today.  It takes work, just like anything else.  That is the ONE good thing that comes with age.  I'm forever grateful for my sister and friends, both near and far, who provide me with love, friendship, constant laughs and absolutely unequivocally NO DRAMA, like seriously--NONE, it's so refreshing.  Thank you for that. 

 My dear friend, Tammy provided me with this lovable quote just when I needed it most:  Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss.

I think it's perfect.