What has been the most common reason for the end of a friendship in your experience?

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• AnonymousToe Posts: 2,604 Boards Guru

  July 2024

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  I honestly don’t know. People just kind of stop talking to me. I get tired - interacting with people is so exhausting so I can’t keep up with an intense friendship. Then people just forget about me and never speak to me again.

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• sputnik Posts: 97 Budding Regular

  July 2024

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  Kind of all four together, really - I guess mostly it's been growing apart over time but sometimes that's been because of disagreements and/or moving away. I had a friendship that ended about a year ago, after having dwindled for quite a while due to her moving away, but the last straw was a disagreement between us. I think to her it felt like a betrayal, which I can understand I tried to clarify that I hadn't meant to hurt her, but she never replied.

  I know you fought hard as hell
  
  but let this sink in
  
  you do not have to fight by yourself
  
  ~ lyrics from Willow by The Little Unsaid

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• lunarcat522 Moderator, Group Chat Moderator Posts: 609 Incredible Poster

  July 2024

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  Maturity differences but I've had a few reconciliations since adulthood

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• sinead276 Posts: 1,884 Extreme Poster

  July 2024

  Growing apart over time

  I'd say a mixture of growing apart and ultimately different priorities in life

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• Orchid059 Moderator Posts: 379 Listening Ear

  July 2024

  Growing apart over time

  I went to a different secondary school to one of my best friends and even though we made the effort of trying to see each other regularly, eventually it just grew too difficult. However, I have come to terms with that and it's perfectly normal for friends to grow apart sometimes

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