I have this good acquaintance who is constantly complaining of having no money - and it leaves me insulted. She lives on a multi-million dollar country estate. She is always talking about having no money and then shows off her latest acquisition. It seems the problem isn't that she has to 'do without' it is that she can't have the more expensive choice. Today she is down because she couldn't get the really expensive set of golf clubs she feels she should have. Instead she must make do with something less (yet still alarmingly pricey).

She knows I eke by on assistance. Why would she say these things to me? This happens all the time.

I know the answer is simple. But I can't walk away from this friendship as I rely upon her to get me out each week when I otherwise wouldn't.