Has Anyone Ever Had A Clingy Friend?

"The Cable Guy" made me think of clingy friends. Has anyone ever had a clingy "friend"? Elena, a former co-worker, annoyed the crap out of me for about a decade after she was fired. We were casual work friends. But for some reason she thought we were close friends. She always wanted to hang out. We actually hung out a few times. Then she would not leave me alone. She constantly called me. After a while I stopped answering her calls. She wanted to talk about my personal life and I really did not want to discuss it with her because I considered her at best a casual friend. She even called me once when she was drunk. That is a call that is usually made to a boyfriend or girlfriend. I should mention that I am a guy. My bro thought she wanted to go out with me. Looking back, maybe she was interested in me. But her calls persisted even when she was seeing someone. I had no interest in dating Elena. She was not my type. She had no game. I kept her at arms length. I never lead her on. She wanted to go to the movies once and I said something about not being able to sit for two hours. I didn't want to go to a movie with her because it sounded too much like a date. She then said something like "am I repulsive?" Maybe she really did like me.

Elena also sent me lots of emails. The emails were frequently chain letters or old jokes. When she sent a group email she never sent blind copies. She was constantly changing her email addresses and cell numbers. She once called me in a panic because she lost my email address. That was her fault, not mine. If she was a close friend it would not have bothered me so much. Another annoying thing she did was give my phone number to her boyfriend's daughter without my consent so she could try to sell me some crap. I thought that was a breach of etiquette.

I was relieved when Elena moved out of state. Even though I hadn't spoken with her in at least a couple years she still sent me an invitation to her wedding. I just couldn't bring myself to attend. A few days after I sent the negative reply she called me a few times and didn't leave a message. I think it was the only wedding invitation I ever declined. It would have felt funny attending the wedding of a casual friend. I blocked her on facebook because she kept trying to converse on my wall. I have no idea why she did not send an email instead. I think she finally got the hint because I haven't heard from her in over a year. I felt guilty about not wanting to reciprocate her friendship. She isn't a bad person. She was just someone I did not want to be close friends with.