Dear Coleen, I’m a woman in my mid-30s, so probably too old to be getting stressed over how a friend is behaving, but here goes.
I’ve known this particular friend for more than 20 years.
If I’m honest, she’s always been competitive and prone to envy, but I guess when we were younger it didn’t matter because it was over clothes or make-up or hairstyles. She was always the sort that if I had something, she had to have it, too, but a better version!