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Are you a crap friend?

28 replies

ForBreezySloth · 14/04/2025 22:18

Not malicious or toxic - just not great at replying, not always emotionally available, or you fall off the radar when life gets busy? I’ve been thinking lately about how hard adult friendships can be to maintain and whether we’re more crap at it than we like to admit.

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Hollyhedge · 15/04/2025 00:13

Unfortunately I think I am. Great at making friends but don’t see to last. Have lost most of my very old friends.

Hollyhedge · 15/04/2025 00:15

TheAmusedQuail · 14/04/2025 22:32

All of the above. I am REALLY crap. I just don't have the commitment to do the work to maintain friendships. So the ones I still have are long distance ones, where I'm physically not able to be very present. It's a bit lonely. But it's my own fault.

Like me. I have quite a few long distance friendships and I realise it is because you don’t have to do much

savuni27 · 15/04/2025 00:28

I don’t think I’m a crap friend. I’m busy, as most people are, and struggle time wise but if my friends were experiencing a difficult time or needed me I would prioritise them. I think my intentions are pure but I’m time poor.

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