Thanks Anonymous for sharing your story. It has helped me to put more perspective on my own friendship. After reading your experience I definitely do not want my friend to feel as if I abandoned or discarded her, which is why I plan to confront her directly about our issues. I am very sorry that your friendship ended the way it did, it’s unfortunate.

But in my case I have confronted my friend many times about our issues in the past and almost feel as if my confronting her has made her hold grudges against me. I think my being honest with her made her feel angry, yet she hasn’t been able to express this with me so she resorts to passive aggressive comments. I guess in my case it is just a matter of my own personal boundaries, how much negativity can I take from a person who is supposed to be my friend. I think that sometimes people aren’t willing to hear the truth because sometimes they feel as if it is a personal attack against them.

But this time around I am planning to take a different approach when I confront my friend. Instead of having a one on one conversation with her I am bringing in a mutual friend that we both respect to help us sort out our issues. I am hoping this will resolve our issues but it’s just a matter of whether or not my friend will be open to what I have to say.