What should I do about my friend?

[Daisy]

I have a friend I'll call her "Jenny" and Jenny is quite rich and has a good life but she is always trying to get attention from people. She claims to be self conscious of her self and always goes on about how self conscious she is yet the teachers at school see her to be confident and I know for a fact she isn't self conscious because of the pictures she takes and puts on facebook and she was walking around in very revealing clothes she says shes self conscious about everything about her when it's obvious she isn't. She always goes on about problems she has at home which I don't mind because I would rather help her than let her suffer on her own but she then uses this as an excuse to get attention which it kind of hurts my feeling because I also have problems allot more serious than hers but I never say anything because I would rather help Jenny than just go on about my problems. She also brags about being rich but in a pathetic way and it really annoys me because she has a perfect life and her parents give her loads of attention but yet she still wants more and its getting to the point where its ridiculous. It probably sounds like I'm jealous but I'm not it's just that she always goes on about her self and saying how ugly she is but I'm finding it VERY annoying now because there isn't much I can say. As soon as someone else has a problem she just tries to make it about herself like I have insomnia and I can't sleep but about 2 weeks after I told her this she complains saying she couldn't get to sleep when I know it's because she's up texting her bf. What can I do because we have a small friendship group (there's 4 of us) she gets allot more attention than the rest of us so it's not like we leave her out or anything and she says things purposely so we will tell her the opposite like she isn't ugly shes pretty which she really is pretty. What would you do if you had a friend like this than craves attention all the time.

[Steven]

convince her to flash her boobs on webcam.. give her the amanda todd treatment >

[BelovedCommander604]

nothing. kindness and sucess is the bst revenge.

[john]

in my experience people like that who have rich parents are deprived of the one thing high school kids need most, straight up love and effection from their parents and their parents try to fill that void with nice things or nice cars when they get their license expencive phones, things like that and all i can really say is your not her mother and father, you cant control the way her parents raised her, any problems she has is a result of the way she was raised or the people she hangs out with, especially if they are guys. but as for what you should do i think you should do is next time she says shes self concious, or cant get to sleep, or something like that ask her why? what r you self concious about? why can't you get to sleep? Is it because your texting your bf? make her think and realize that what she is complaining about is irrational but make it clear that you are coming from that stand point of a friend trying to help. hope this helped! best of luck mate!

[Helen]

Your friend probably IS self-conscious.
After all, confident people who are happy with themselves don't feel the need to seek attention by fishing for compliments and walking round in revealing clothing.
It's understandable you're frustrated though. There's only so many times you can reassure someone. It isn't your job to cater to her cries for attention. She needs to realise that it's not all about her. Everyone has stuff going on, and just maybe, her friends would like it if she was there for them now and again.
You have two ways to play this. 1)You can all confront her together as a group - tell her how you feel, and that you think the friendship is unequal, and that she acts out for attention. Explain that you are sick of her bragging, and constantly having to tell her how pretty she is.
2) Ignore her when she starts up, and don't take the bait. Change the subject when she starts bragging, and when she calls herself ugly, don't contradict her. Instead tell her it's sad she feels that way about herself. When she's not getting a reaction, she'll be more likely to stop.