An odd kind of friendship problem

[wanderinglonely]

A really good friend, and work colleague, changed jobs and moved to the other end of the country at the beginning of the year. Before she left we'd had a series of disagreements and weren't actually particularly good friends anymore. I have tried to sort things out but she is currently blowing very hot and cold, sometimes i get chatty informative messages from her and other times i send a message and get a 1 word reply.

My problem is that work colleagues and others here don't know we''re not good friends anymore so at least twice a week people come up to me and say 'how's x doing', send her my best' etc. I really don't want to have to explain that we're not on the greatest of terms at the moment so i try and be vague but then they start asking more detailed questions which a good friend would know the answer to. How can i deal with the questions without having to say 'I don't know, last time i asked how things were going she just said fine'?

TBH if it weren't for people regularly asking me how she's doing, and me feeling like i should have some answers (because it was a big move for her and people want to know she's ok), I'd have probably have stopped contacting her weeks ago.

[whirlygirly]

Oh just be honest with them. They'll give up asking pretty quickly. These things happen. If you're not likely to see the friend again I'd let it slide tbh.

[AmusingMinnie]

Just say to them that you haven't really heard off her and when you have she's just said she's fine. It's not that unusual for people to drift apart when a big move has occurred.

[annandale]

'Ah, bless her, i think she's really embracing the move and making new friends'