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    MindfulMe
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    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.

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    MindfulMe
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    Thanks Gemini2u22 for your response. You provided a perspective that I didn’t consider. You’re right too many people dismiss friendships when it doesn’t go their way. It’s a lot harder to be honest and so much easier to just walk away. I’ve communicated my concerns to my friend in the past, but it seems people tend to live in patterns. I’ll try and approach my friend in a more direct but gentle way about our issues and see what happens. At least then I will know that I did all I could to save our friendship.

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