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i have been rereading your book in hopes of trying to get a handle on my relationships w/women or lack there of. also to help my daughter not have an exclusive friend. having a teenage daughter has brought to the surface my insecurities and loneliness when it comes to friendships. in school i never really had a good friend and was lonely alot. even the friends i had, really only talked to me when thursday rolled around because i often could drive to games/parties. come on monday, they would hardly look at me. but i still continued to want their friendship. with my daughter, she has a really good friend for 4 yrs now. unfortunately, there is another girl who is jealous of my daughters' relationship and interfers w/the relationship at times. this girl has said mean things to my daughter and has been a thorn in her side. as a mother, i see the hurt this girl has caused and my claws come out. this is embarrassing to admit, but i wish the girl wasn't part of the equation. when we don't have to deal w/this particular girl and her mother, our lives are so peaceful. i don't know if my daughter feels threatened, but i feel threatened for her. how can i stop these feelings of "relationship idolatry?" how can i feel like i want an exclusive friend for my daughter but at the same time know that that is not godly? i have such mixed emotions and i don't want to mess up my daughter. i don't want her to feel lonely or isolated or the odd person out. although maybe i need to work on the same, so i can be helpful to my daughter.