Unsuccessful Ghosting - booo Goodness

Hi Goodness,

I have a friend who I used to spend a lot of time with in college. We lived together for a year. She was wild, outgoing, and fun to be around, but always had a tendency to lie or embellish. I mostly looked past this at the time because it seemed she always exaggerated for the sake of a dramatic story or for sympathy, nothing too major. It irked me, but we didn’t have much of an emotional relationship. We were more like good drinking buddies. Our relationship was founded and maintained while drinking.

That was 10 years ago. Since then we’ve moved to different cities and grown in different directions. Whenever we happen to be in the same city we meet up for dinner and each time this happens I dread it more and enjoy it less. I don’t feel like we have much in common any longer. I feel that I’ve changed so much in the past 10 years, professionally, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I don’t really want to get wasted, reminisce and act like we’re 19 again when we get tog