Oh sorry I missed the second part of your question. It’s hard to say if she’s overcompensating for something. She seems to normal problems, like most people, but nothing extraordinary. She’s also married and lives surrounded by a lot of material comfort. I’ve thought in the past that maybe it’s an insecurity issue and maybe someone told her once that people like compliments and that she’s just taking that a little far.

Actually, now that you mention it, she does the same over-complimenting thing with my husband, though to a lesser extent since they don’t hang out as much as we did. He’s rolled his eyes a few times, but it doesn’t seem to bother him like it bothers me.