She's a box friend. For her, your box is that she can tell you all about how awesome she is and all about how you're not so great.... In fact, she sound exactly like my ex best friend from elementary - early high school. This type of "friend" is one of the most toxic types. I say avoid, avoid, avoid. To finally get free of her completely required me to move and stop being friends with all of our old mutual friends... the last I saw her was when I was pregnant with my oldest son. And she was exactly the same as when we were in junior high! She wore her hair the same, wore the same type of clothes, and even rolled her socks the same! That made me happy to see how she was frozen in time, and bragging about being the manager at Block Buster....

Anyway, stop feeding this toxic person. You have enough to deal with. You may not be able to get rid of work or kid stress, but you can get rid of toxic friend stress. I've done it. I recommend it.

I hope your court date goes okay and your son doesn't run or get suicidal.