I know how you feel Yours_Truly! Believe me! I've been there (just recently too) when a friend makes a big deal out of being oh-so-busy they can just barely squeeze you in to their life for a measly portion of time. Sounds like your friend isn't much of a friend. She treats you more like an acquaintance which is a waste of your time, if you ask me. I know how much it hurts to be downgraded from priority to option. I'm still upset with my friend and think I just may delete her from my Facebook without any pre-emptive warning. I mean, what would be the point of telling her what is obviously the reason why: she doesn't want my friendship anymore. Can't call me back and waits 6 weeks to email me to tell me why she can't call me back is totally farcical. It's just ridiculous! Still makes me mad.

My cousin recently did that to me when I asked him to meetup for a weekend coffee b/c he asked me to help him with a creative family project. His response was "I'm so busy at work but I'd love to catch up after that," leaving it open ended.

So I immediately put the kibosh on his "busy" b.s. and replied "we can work on the family creative project via email since you're too busy to meet." I could have called him out and wrote something confrontational but when people want to avoid you, calling them out on their "busy" excuse, has the same effect as yelling at a brick wall. Or screaming into the wind. Nothing happens. They won't acknowledge their behavior b/c that would mean they'd have to feel guilty and who wants to feel guilty when they can just be too busy to see you, which makes them feel better.