No more mrs door mat

I can not believe that one of my friends can not take any effort to understand what I am going through. I wish she would understand that I had limited time and money and its nothing to do w/ not wanting to hang out. She said to me yesterday, When I said I could not go to the Medival Fair (22 dollars to get in and an hour and a half away)  she says, "Steph  (her sister)is broke too. I think that she is skipping a few things that she normaly does so she can come."   ~ Who responds that way.  Worst statement of all, that make me smash my remote in pure anger, "Yeah thats not cheap at all! I totally not belittling your life or expenses. I just think it would be insteresting some time to compare what we make and what we spend and see what the differences are."   
  Needless to say, I chose not to talk to her in fear I may lose my cool and say something cruel. I am going to handle this Ghandi style. Eventually, I am going to tell her that I do not want some one in my life to say hurtful things. I need a friend not a bully. 
 I am interested in what you guys think of those statements.

Life as I know it. I think???

When some one says that you should choose your words carefully, I get so fustrated. Since when is this a censored world. Are words define who we are.