Just up in the night wondering what to do.
I have a very old friendship, the only one I have that goes back to my school days and for many years I would have called this person my best friend. We used to holiday together, we have lived together in the distant past, we have always confided in each other and she is the one person I thought would always be around.
However over the past few years I've slowly realised that my friend doesn't really feel the same way about the friendship and now I'm not sure how to go about things moving forwards.
Firstly friend let's call her Sonja, wanted to move abroad to live and her and her family really looked into this and tried to get their employers to agree to this because they work from home. They wanted to move to Finland from Germany. I was gutted because I knew I wouldn't see my friend much anymore but that wasn't something my friend had considered, I don't think. So that was a clue.
Then this year things have felt off - whatsapp messages go unread for weeks then when read it takes many more weeks for her to reply to them. We did talk about going away together but the few times I've made suggestions Sonja has just completely ignored them. Sonja also forgot about our birthdays this year which was unusual.
We are meant to be meeting soon but I feel really flat about it and I'm not sure if I want to tbh. It just feels as though the friendship has been downgraded by my friend and I'd be better off investing in my local friendships. Or certainly taking a step back to energy match with sonja.
To add to this we live some distance away from each other - couple of hours drive away - so we usually only see each other 3 or 4 times a year anyway But this year it has only been once at the beginning of the year.
My options seem to be as follows:
- Go to the meet up and just enjoy it for what it is but stop considering friend in the same way as before. This feels like the easiest option to carry out.
- Not bother going to the meet up as friendship is no longer what it was.
- Go to the meet up and talk to friend about the fact the friendship feels more distant. Feels like I shouldn't have to do this as I have always said you judge people on their actions and people do what they want to do so look at what they do and act accordingly.