aitah for wanting to drop my friend?
so i have a friend who i will name amy for the sake of privacy. amy and i got close early this year but have known each other for a while now. she helped me a lot through a traumatic break up which i am grateful for, but the more time i spend with her she becomes more and more clingy and hard to deal with.
she has no car so most of the time she expects me to drive her places, constantly wants to hang out i mean nearly every day (i work everyday and she works once a week, we are both 22), excepts me to pay for stuff for her and etc. she would constantly plan road trips for us which she never asks if i can afford it or offer any money for fuel or even something small like a snack on the way.
what has really been irritating me recently is that she is so so negative. she texts me everyday and spams me with negative things about her life. some are way too personal and i feel like she shouldn’t be saying these to me. i started feeling like her romantic partner rather than a friend. she has a boyfriend but he’s not a good guy and doesn’t spend time with her at all, so in a way it feels like now im the replacement? she acts dumb on purpose and puts on a baby voice sometimes and i honestly started feeling extremely uncomfortable around her. if i hang around other friends, she starts becoming distant and upset.
i have tried ignoring her but she has spammed me non stop. i have tried giving her the hint that she needs to tone down, but she doesn’t get it. if i say anything to her she will most likely blow up. however i feel bad because she helped me through my breakup, but now i just feel like im stuck in another controlling/clingy situation.