sugest going out for a drink once in a while, tell her you cant hang out as much as you would like to however you can meet up once a week or once every 2 weeks ect. Maybe even making every saturday lunch a lunch date for the 2 of you. I am sure she would understand!

if your friend is not a parent, then she may not understand the duties of a parent. Friends are great to have but children need you and need to be taken care of. If she is really your friend then she should understand this.

i think you must make her understand yor situation and tell her you dont want to loose her also

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talk to her and tell her ur problem...tell her she is so precious to u...and go out with her and talk to her frankly and make her understand....i guess thts the best thing to do....

You can always communicate your feelings without any fear to your good friend. If you donot feel comfortable telling her what you feel, do you think she is good friend. Since you have found a friend in her, I am sure that she would understand your problems. What you have to do is to tell her exactly what your problems are.

Put yourself in her place, will you fell bad when your friend says that she has a family to look after and she has problems in taking time out for you? YOU wont.So atleast expect the same from her too. :-)

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i agree with dilbug, tell your friend to make spechial dinner dates with her

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I've found it's very hard to keep personal life (the things at home) and friendships sort of away from eachother. They always get tied into eachother whether we're just talking about them or actually getting involved. A lot of the time, you will end up hurting friends to help yourself, but if they're truly your friend, I would think they'd understand and you could have a stronger relationship afterwards.

Perhaps she just feels starved for attention for whatever reason? A lot of people get like that, especially if they've just come out of a very reliant situation i.e. a relationship with someone. Everyone in the world is a leech of sorts because we all have our needs and are constantly looking for things, ways, or people to satisfy our needs. Maybe that's all she's doing? She probably doesn't know or doesn't see how demanding she might be. Just tell her kindly, and if she doesn't take well to that then leave it for a bit.

Thanks guys for all your suggesstions,I did finally get through to her.Looks like she was going through a bad patch in her life and needed a companion to share it with.We descided on meeting and spending time together once a week.