This is women generally, self centred and shallow. I have 3 female friends who are all like this. They whitter on about their ridiculous problems, most of which are of their own making and there have been times where I can put the phone to one side and go off and do something. On my return, they are still whittering.
Friend number 1, I've known since school, she is almost 40 and has never had a boyfriend. She often has childish crushes on men, purely because they may have smiled at her and then she just goes on and on about how much she likes this man, but doesn't know how he feels. I try to tell her tactfully he isn't interested and was just being friendly, but it's the same old crap and has been for the two years.
Friend number 2 is a divorcee, who left her husband and kids for what she thought would be a new relationship, but of course, he wouldn't leave his wife. So everytime I see her, she say's she's depressed and either wants to get back with her husband or tries to rekindle her romance with the married guy. She's recently met another man, who I think just wanted sex, so now she goes on and on about how he never phones her. Thing is, she never really liked him in the first place.
Friend number 3, is in a long relationship with a man who constantly cheats on her, she thinks she can meet someone new, who will take her on, so she can leave this guy. She just goes on and on about how badly he treats her and I just think, why doesn't the daft cown just leave him.
I know how you feel Scarlett. These selfish bints rarely ask how I am and if they do, before I've finished my sentence explaining, they start talking about themselves and then they wonder why they can't get a man.