[yacapo]

It sounds like being around your friend just brings you stress and nothing positive. I'd say forget about the friendship.

I had a friend that would stress me out every time I was with him. He was so insecure about his life that he would try to act overly secure by trying to put me down, because he knew he was not and will never be as successful as me, so he dealt with it by being an a**. I'm not an a** so I never flipped out on him, but I would go home and it would really bother me. I got so pissed, but I never said anything because I knew that if I did I would take it too far and I would feel bad afterward.

We don't talk anymore and I feel so much better. I feel he was only bringing negative energy into my life. He was someone that I was sure did not want me to succeed in anything. I don't need people like that around me.

From now on, I look for successful people to be friends with. That way, they don't have to feel insecure around me. People who are happy with their lives generally don't envy their friends.