I have a problem! I have been best friends with this girl for almost four years, and we are really close. We are both really talkative and bubbly and can really relate to each other. But for a while, this friend (let’s call her “Ellie”) has been talking so much that I don’t get to tell her about my life. And when she hears things about me from other girls, she’s really surprised and all like, “What? You never told me that?” And when I want to tell her something, she interrupts. Everyone tells me, “Just tell that you aren’t getting talking time.” But when I do she replies back with, “Well, not as much as you interrupt me.” I’ve gotten so used to it that even when she’s not talking, I’m still quiet. I need help!
—Quiet in Colorado