climbinkid t1_j296wpy wrote
Man, it sucks. Three years ago, I decided to finally stand my ground against my two friends who were like that after many years of friendship. I told them no and I never heard from them again. In the end I took the advice everyone is mentioning here and walked away but I still think about them often and wonder if they think about me. It's never fun losing a friend but some people are only with us for a season of our lives and that's okay. You don't need to tolerate your friends. You should enjoy your friends.
eviljason t1_j2ajiz1 wrote
Absolutely. People grow, people change. We shouldn’t tie ourselves to a version of that person that no longer exists. As you said, some people are just with us for a season.
My best friend from 4th grade through most of college and young adulthood and I parted ways a while back.
I relish our time together and look upon it fondly but we had just become very different people with different interests, political beliefs, religious beliefs, etc. and trying to hold the friendship together was really tough for us. It seemed like the harder we tried to get our friendship back on track, the more we argued. So, I pretty much said to him what I just said in this paragraph and we moved on. I check in on him and his family on occasion but we are no longer in each others lives and it is best for both of us.
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