"I could have been her friendly acquaintance but she wouldn't allow it. She didn't have any of those."
When my kids were young and we homeschooled I met another mother at one of our "park days". As our children played we introduced ourselves and began to chat. Very early on, as part of her introduction actually, she shared a very interesting fact about herself. "People either love me or they hate me," she said. She laughed as though this strange fact was a happenstance of fate. People either thought she was wonderful or hated her.