How to end a long term friendship
How does one end a long friendship with another? The friend has become toxic to the individual who wants to "break up".
Any thoughts on doing it eloquently?
Any thoughts on doing it eloquently?
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Ynotisay · M
I went through that with a guy who was like a brother for about 25 years. He went down the wrong road. Lost most all of his friends. Tried to wake him up but it wasn't happening. It came down to giving him a call and having to let him know I didn't want to be around him. Let him know if he got his act together we'd talk. You try and be patient but when it starts really getting to you have to look out for yourself. In this case, about six months later he died from an accidental (we think) overdose.
The whole thing sucked but people make personal choices.
But another option is to just keeping making yourself more and more scarce. If someone is "toxic" it's probably not the first time it's happened to them and they'll move on. Good luck.
The whole thing sucked but people make personal choices.
But another option is to just keeping making yourself more and more scarce. If someone is "toxic" it's probably not the first time it's happened to them and they'll move on. Good luck.
Ynotisay · M
@Mikla Thanks. Wish the experience didn't happen but it really did hit me that unnecessary drama and bad feelings about people need to be stopped in their tracks. The 'toxic' people don't care. That's how they roll. It's the balanced people, trying to be kind or a friend, who take the brunt of it. That's not fair. Good luck with everything.