Ways to deal with friends and people who depend on you for everything

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January 15, 2016 5:37 PM

These kinds of people don't have too many friends or the ones they have around them are quite fake and they see you as their best friend

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How do you manage clingy people or friends who cannot bear you leaving their sight, call you every time and can't do anything without you?

According to relationship and life coach, Marie Dubuque, these kinds of people don't have too many friends, or the ones they have around them are quite fake and they see you as their best friend.

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But it becomes a problem when they rely on you for everything and can't make decisions on their own simply because they want your life.

These kind of people feel you are more popular, better looking or smarter in their eyes.

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In this case, you have to have a talk face-to-face with them, tell them you value their friendship and would want to keep it that way which means they would need to have a life of their own outside the friendship you share.

Watch this short video by Marie Dubuque as she talks about clingy and needy friends:

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