Because she's grandfathered in? Because i can be myself with her?

We go all the way back to jr. high together. It's been on/off. Spent years not speaking thinking i got rid of a toxic friend, but i keep going back.

She's bad but also can be good.

My h and i went out the other night with her and her friends for her birthday. We left right after dinner because her and her friends were making fun of my husband.

Aside from my sisters, my step-dad, my three nice gf's, and my children, ALL my other relationships (my mother, husband, and this toxic friend) are ALL my relationships.

Then i have acquaintance/friends and work-related relationships that are fine at a distance.

And other family members that are fine and at a distance. But that's because they live far away. They would be fine even if they lived close.

That's it in my world, aside from folks on here and my new therapist (marriage counselor)