Will I regret it if I withdraw from a friendship group that I’ve had since being a teenager?
Over the last few years, my friendship group has gone from partying day and night to being all doom and gloom. We are in our early forties and all they do is complain about how hard life is. In reality, we’ve all got quite pleasant lives. Obviously, there’s been difficulties such as losing parents, divorces, parenting struggles but everyone goes through those. They seem to have made going to the GP and complaining a competitive sport. I’ve taken to ignoring their long whining messages and voice notes all day so I can get on with things but dread the evening when they are expecting me to reply to their woes. It’s so draining and I am constantly having to make excuses for why I can’t meet.
I have another strong friendship group which is newer where we are a lot more fun and I enjoy being in their company but it’s more superficial and I worry it might not last the test of time.