Someone I used to think i was close friends with has been getting more and more distant over the past few months. In fact, she has been doing the kind of things that you see suggested on here when people are trying to politely drop a friend. For example, taking ages to reply to messages, being non-committal about meeting up etc. I've always taken what she says at face value but we spoke last weekend and I discovered that even though she has been too busy to catch up with me, she has been having fun, Zoom catch-ups with people she wasn't friends with a few months ago. She didn't even attempt to hide the fact that she has been bending the truth about her unavailability with me, and i was too cowardly to call her out on it.
My self-esteem has taken a bit of a blow that friend has apparently decided that she doesn't want to be friends with me anymore, while I'm not mentally in the same place. Does anyone have any strategies or philosophical words that might make me see things in a more balanced way?
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How can I accept that the end of a friendship doesn't mean I've failed.
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Racingtotheend · 30/04/2020 07:45
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