You're going to have to pay a bit of a price and put up with something that's less than easy for a while.

'you basically let the crystal fall on something, black or dark-colored, and then you have to pick it up with a toothpick or brush and put it on a glass slide,' Libbrecht said.

If this friend is causing storms inyour life on a fairly regular basis, it's not something you should "getused to" or put up with.