[HopeydaFish]

You can't convince her to do anything. She's not coming to you for advice, she's coming to you to talk about her problems. She feels better when she had somebody to talk to about what she's going through. Men can't relate to what she's doing -- most men would never endlessly talk about relationship issues with our other male friends. Women don't want to hear our solutions or follow our advice, they just want to endlessly talk about themselves and their problems. It's cathartic for them.

You're fooling yourself if you think you can help her. She doesn't want your help -- she already knows that the relationship is no good. She'll keep using you as her substitute shrink until she decides *on her own* to give up on the guy. This will probably happen once she meets someone new -- at which point she'll drop you like a hot potato.

I've been down the same "friend" road as you before. Don't let yourself get sucked in. It can be very draining on you.