When is it time to let friendship go?

DEAR AMY » A very good friend of mine was to get married. Again — for (about) the third time. She has called off each wedding with various excuses. The most recent wedding was one I was to be in.

A week before the wedding, she called this one off with the excuse that he was not good looking.

She said, “Can you imagine waking up to him for the rest of your life?!” What upset me was she never called me to let me know the wedding was called off. I was very mad that she did not call me to let me know, and I told her that it upset me. She said, “You’ll get over it.”

My question is, should I hang on to this so-called friendship, or let it go?

— Wondering DEAR WONDERING » You should treat this relationship as sensitively as your friend regards her various engagements. Drop the friendship, and assure her that she is right in this regard: You will definitely “get over it.”

DEAR AMY » Oh boy, the

Drop the friendship, and assure her that she is right in this regard: You will definitely “get over it.”

question from “Broken Family” really hit home. An alcoholic family member would get drunk and fire off offensive emails late at night.

I used to have a drinking problem, and also considered it a great idea to have three or four drinks and then fire off some toxic emails.

When someone gets a DUI, they will be ordered to get an ignition interlock device, requiring them to blow into a breathalyzer.

How about installing a breathalyzer interlock device on laptops?

That would have saved me, several times. Happily, I’m now sober. — Celebrating Sobriety DEAR CELEBRATING » I love your idea. Let’s share the patent.