The Shocking Moments That Shattered 82 Lifelong Friendships Forever
This is also why paying attention to patterns matters. Everyone has bad days, says the wrong thing occasionally, or handles conflict badly. A single argument doesn’t automatically make a friendship toxic. What matters is what happens afterward. Does your friend acknowledge what they did? Are they willing to listen, apologize sincerely, and make an effort to change? Or do they repeatedly dismiss your feelings, turn every problem back on you, and expect you to keep forgiving the same behavior? Looking at those patterns can help distinguish between a friendship going through a difficult period and one that has become consistently one-sided or unhealthy.
I got caught gossiping and felt horrible, tried apologizing but we never spoke again and it’s been about 20 years, so safe to say she never spoke to me again and honestly, good for her. I have never talked behind a friend’s back again.
Our bar night political debates started getting more heated and I found myself coming home angry. He started using words like “woke” and just parroting Fox News and one night I told my wife that my buddy and I were just too far apart in our views of life. Before anyone says that I want ppl just like me or something like that, I appreciate different opinions. Just not racial, and angry entitled ones. For example he got his first job (part time) at age 27. His parents are wealthy, and said black ppl just want things handed to them. Things like that.
Charlie Kirk/ MLK photo on Facebook.
I’m his only black friend. And I’m mixed at that.
Called him and was like “yo fam, dumb at best, idiotic at worst.”
He was like “save the history lesson bro, I already posted it, what would I look like taking it down”
I was like, “say less, best wishes to you and yours”
Two weeks later a mutual friend FaceTimed me saying wassup. I guess he didn’t know I quit talking to Kirkbro, and put him in camera.
*click*.
She was trying to take over my life, in a weird way. Like low key trying to replace me in my friend group and I couldn’t handle the other drama she constantly brought. The only friend I’ve “broken up” with. Hurt but she was dragging me down into her hell.
A lot of friendships are predicated on the same environment. Remove the environment and the friendship ceases to exist because neither party needs anything from the other. The shared space is gone. No need to keep in touch.
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