Suffocating

Have you even had the feeling that you have a friendship that is suffocating you?Holding you back?Stifling you?Minimising your potential?I went to a business convention today, could've driven myself, but my friend (who introduced me to the business opportunity in the first place) said she'd call by and pick me up.So I waited.WaitedWaitedWaited...We left my place five minutes after the convention was scheduled to start.We got to the convention twenty minutes after the convention was scheduled to start, fortunately the schedule was delayed and we had five minutes to spare.Break for afternoon tea, whereas last night I took the initiative to introduce myself to and speak to the guest speakers, today I was taken aside by my *friend* and spoke to no-one but her and people who are at the same level as myself in business.Back to the convention (the convention, by the way, was wonderful and I learned a great deal about "Women in Business").COnvention finishes and my *friend* wants to leave immediately.No time for networking, no time to discuss business strategies or to meet with the people who have already been successful in my chosen business.I fear that this four year old friendship will soon wear out...