I am an expat and an introvert, with very few friends. My very litigious divorce got too much and I stopped responding to people, drifting apart from a couple of friends. At the same time, my friendship with "Maggie" strengthen and she was my rock.
I introduced Maggie and "Sarah" (a new friend I had made) and we included Sarah in our little group.
At the tipping point of my divorce, Maggie decided to end our friendship. The reason she gave me is that it was stressful for her. I have now found out that she talked Sarah up to do the same (Sarah and I have another friend in common who she has relied this to). I haven't talked to Sarah in 2-3 months (been busy with kids) but we were vacationing in the same location and I wrote to her to meet for a coffee. It seems that Sarah has stopped talking to me as well.
I recognize that I burdened Maggie with my life, but I never did with Sarah since we had not built that trust.
I feel lonely and unlovable but most of all betrayed by Maggie. I don't know what got into her the last year but she has discarded her other two BFF before me. She was always criticizing the last BFF, so I am not sure if he is the last one standing or we all got cut off. However, why would she try to influence others to part ways as well?