I (24f) have known Alice* (24f) for 10 years or so. We've never been super close, but I would consider us friends. We've even lived together for a year, along with other friends.

It was during that year that I came to know her better, and realised that she wasn't as easy to deal with as I would have thought. She was very particular about the house and the slightest thing could set her off in a bad mood. Sometimes it seemed as though just walking into her field of vision could piss her off. Days would pass where she was frosty, and we would walk on eggshells around her. 

She was always more like this with me than with our other female friend in the house, Georgia* (who is my closest friend), and this did bother me at times, but I just dealt with it. She would often include Georgia in things but not me, but at the risk of sounding petty I never brought these things up, although Georgia was aware of how I felt. Sometimes I felt like Georgia was slightly in thrall to Alice and wouldn't risk getting on her bad side.

I've never felt entirely comfortable around Alice, and this hasn't gone away even though we no longer live together. She and Georgia now live together, and I mostly see Alice when I go to see Georgia. Things are mostly pleasant, but I still feel like I'm always at risk of saying/doing something that will make her turn. It's gotten to the point where I basically stifle myself around her, and feel totally inhibited.

My question is, how have other women dealt with somebody like this in their lives? We're probably always going to have something to do with each other, and I hate feeling this way when I'm usually pretty confident in socialising with people.

*Not real names
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My friend is prickly and hard to read, how do I deal
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I (24f) have known Alice* (24f) for 10 years or so. We've never been super close, but I would consider us friends. We've even lived together for a year, along with other friends.

It was during that year that I came to know her better, and realised that she wasn't as easy to deal with as I would have thought. She was very particular about the house and the slightest thing could set her off in a bad mood. Sometimes it seemed as though just walking into her field of vision could piss her off. Days would pass where she was frosty, and we would walk on eggshells around her. 

She was always more like this with me than with our other female friend in the house, Georgia* (who is my closest friend), and this did bother me at times, but I just dealt with it. She would often include Georgia in things but not me, but at the risk of sounding petty I never brought these things up, although Georgia was aware of how I felt. Sometimes I felt like Georgia was slightly in thrall to Alice and wouldn't risk getting on her bad side.

I've never felt entirely comfortable around Alice, and this hasn't gone away even though we no longer live together. She and Georgia now live together, and I mostly see Alice when I go to see Georgia. Things are mostly pleasant, but I still feel like I'm always at risk of saying/doing something that will make her turn. It's gotten to the point where I basically stifle myself around her, and feel totally inhibited.

My question is, how have other women dealt with somebody like this in their lives? We're probably always going to have something to do with each other, and I hate feeling this way when I'm usually pretty confident in socialising with people.

*Not real names
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Friend is prickly, easily displeased and I find it hard to be
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