A friend emailed me one evening to say she felt I wasn't there when she needed me.

I was stunned. I reminded her that I'd already spoken with her twice that day about a problem she had. She replied with a list of all the things she ever did for me. We bickered, via email, for the better part of an hour. Then angry and hurt, I typed these words and hit send: "This friendship isn't working for me anymore. I am bowing out."

Whoa......