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Originally Posted by Emily Fox Seaton
Nope. My friend willingly chooses Sarah. I am only acceptable if I keep my mouth shut and say nothing Sarah wouldn't like to hear. One reason I gave up on her. She is so besotted by Sarah she genuinely thinks of the world though Sarah's eyes so...
She is unduly influenced by her.
She wouldn't think that she was acting like a 7th or 8th grader but she would just the same.
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I wonder what it is about Sarah that your friend is so enamored with and how she is so easily influenced by Sarah? Since you have stated that Sarah has unlikable qualities and can be a jerk? The friend you like sounds a bit impressionable to me.
One option is to just make new friends and put both behind you. If Sarah keeps butting in and you can't say anything that Sarah wouldn't like to hear, that does not seem like a fair friendship dynamic. It's kind of like Sarah is the leader and your friend willingly follows.