Sorry to hear that your friendship is now second to your business. But that’s not the worst way it could go. I had a college housemate who I started a company with. He was awful to work with. I turned the company into a huge financial success, and then he stabbed me in the back and robbed me of it. I hope he dies alone and forgotten. But he won’t, because the guy who asked him to stab me in the back for him is super rich, and they’re all set for life. Bad people win sometimes, and there’s just not a damn thing you can do about it.

I wondered for a long time how a friend could do that to someone. Not just me - to anyone. But the right way to look at it isn’t that I should be angry that a friend stabbed me in the back. The right way to look at it is to be sad that someone I thought was a friend never really was.

I hope your relationship turns out better than mine did. Sounds like you’re on stronger footing.