Ending Friendship Because You Feel Left Out

Philippines
July 11, 2008 12:02pm CST
This is a very immature thing to do. But I don't condemn those people who tend to do this. I just don't get it why they should have to resort to this unhappy ending. A friend of mine almost did this to my other friends. She said, she feels that her friends who happen to be my close friends too are leaving her behind. She concluded fast that they don't like her anymore or they are no longer interested to continue their friendship with her. So there I was trying to save the friendship and I think I did. I was a bit disappointed of how she thinks things. So I said my point and I think she got it because she is now OK with them. I hope she is TRULY OK with them. I really don't think ending a friendship is a solution. That was just her negative thoughts that made her think of doing that. I think being left out really happens sometimes and it is how you handle it is the one that matters.
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10 responses
@zeroflashx2 (2491)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Well, I think ending friendship that way isn't going to solve anything. I agree with your last sentence there. It is how we handle it that counts. Yes of course, we could always be with our friends but we can't get their attention every time. They have their own matters to attend to and some times, all we have to do is be there. Most of the friendships that I've seen that ended, if not all, are usually because of loss of trust, betrayal, disloyalty, and so on. I do understand her feeling as well. I've been in that situation. Before, I'd just separate myself from them and not talk to them anymore. Now, I just let them be. It's not that they won't talk to me anymore, unless they explicitly informs me which very very rarely happens and usually because of the one I mentioned above. Hey, I can see you've been a good friend. Continue to support her. Maybe she needed you. Take care!
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@chej18 (915)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Hi, Being left out w/ your friends is giving you bad feelings that happened to me.But i never thought of ending the friendship because of that.Infact i will try to understand my friend why i am being left out.I will look what is the possibility problem.This situation happened many time.Coz my friends got also friends that its not my friends and i got the same i have friends who is not friend of her too. So if there is a party that we attend too and i invite my other friends and she too.Then the problem start becaouse of jealousy.I admit i feel jelous if she dont give time w/ me or she is not inviting me to go somewhere and if i invite her to come over and she cannot because she is in her other friends house.I feel really jelous but that doesnt mean that i have to get mad and acting crazy about it. But i told her what i feel but she said she know that i can understand her that i am open minded that her other friend.She know that i can handle things like this..Thats what she said. Friendship is about understanding each other not only giving comfort and be there if you need someone. have a nice day..Enjoy your day.. Take care.. Greetings from Che!
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
I am happy that you think that way. You are very understanding person and a very good friend. I agree with you, friendship is about understanding each other because if there really is that in the relationship then even what kind of challenges that may come to test the friendship, you can overcome them and build a stronger relationship with your friends. have a nice day.
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• Philippines
13 Jul 08
Best Response for you. Thank you for responding sincerely in this discussion I have made. Until the next discussion. God Bless.
@chej18 (915)
• United States
15 Jul 08
yes thats true understanding can make our relationship as friend to be more strongs and healthy friendship.But i have to agree that friendship is also give and take..friendship cannot work if only one person always take...Its has to be both ways.Although there is friendship who doesnt asked question and asking back for what he/she doing for her/his friend.But these person you have to keep and treasure because they will stay w/ you forever no matter what..TC.. Thanks for the BR!
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
11 Jul 08
i had a friend do that to me once. my husband got this great paying job out of state. she was upset that i was leaving. she wrote me this letter and at the end put "have a nice life". i was so upset that just because i was moving she was acting like we couldn't be friends anymore. i ended up writing her a pretty mean letter that i later regretted. i have since wrote her a letter appologizing and explained that my feelings were hurt so i acted out and said things in the letter that i should have.
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Hi ravinskye, Thanks for sharing an experience. I think we just need to be more understanding to people who tend to think like that. We have to let them feel more that they are loved and leaving is not a plan that we are going to do. But sometimes, it becomes tiring and irritating whenever times come that they insist that are acts are making them feel out of place. And trying to solve that kind of thinking through finding other friends who they think can UNDERSTAND THEM MORE AND NOT LET THEM DOWN then end the friendship we've started with them. So sad.
@kaesta (37)
• Kenya
12 Jul 08
that was very kind of you, you savede a friendship that will stay longer than it could. maybe your friend was going through a hard time and the others did not respon da as she expected. low self esteem does make someone feel left out or if the group interest differs from her interests. since you talked to her, guess she is ok and just encourage her that quiting is not the solution.
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Thank you. I think it is also a friend's duty to make his/her friends be in good condition.
@92iqbal (121)
• India
12 Jul 08
one should not take such drastic decision.it is purely materialistic and unwise to break your relationship only because you think that you have been left out.it only proves that your friendship / relations were based on flimsy foundation.as you found your friend leaving you out so you left him/her.no never must it be done . first of all you should find out the circumstances or situations under which you have been left out, whether he/she left you out intentionally or it was his / her compulsion.if you want to save your friendship you will have to be understanding and considerate and think over the circumstances sincerely and sympathetically you also have to find out whether your friend has really left out or you are concluding it on some hypothetical basis.
12 Jul 08
I think she went about it the wrong way. What she should of done was just ask them out bluntly how she feels about the situation at hand. (= Losing friends because they leave you out of things is silly, though you can just drift apart eventually, doesnt mean your not still friends. I am sure she will ok, but maybe she needs to talk to them rather than talk to you about them. Maybe if she talked to them about the whole thing, she might actually find out why they are acting like this. (=
• United States
11 Jul 08
Sometimes people do things with good reason. If she felt left out chances are that she was actually shunned in a way. However, I think it may not have been intentional, but it obviously was hurting her enough to want to take a step back. I've have definitely been in her shoes before.
@ayessa (1583)
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
That is really something immature to do and I was happy that your friend just realize that. I myself have even think of doing the same cause there are times that I also felt that they left me out but whenever I try to weigh things and try to figure it out I always found that I only felt that way when I have problems that I can't able to share to my friends. So maybe your friend felt that way too cause something is troubling her.
• United States
11 Jul 08
I don't think people should do something like that quickly. A lot of times, they're too close to the situation to really know what's going on from a neutral standpoint. They should talk to other friends that they're not mad at, and just ask about how they see it before they do anything they'll regret.
@jasyjen (162)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I'm glad they worked it out and are still friends. I've had so many friendships go wrong for one reason or another, and it just leaves you feeling so bad. Hopefully now that the others know how she feels, it wont happen again. You were smart to step in and let her know how you felt.