Losing Best Friend
@candycane15161 (46)
United States
July 14, 2010 6:32pm CST
Ever feel like you are losing your best friend. You guys use to hang out everyday for hours and now I see her probably once every couple months. I try to hang out with her but she is always like I am busy or I'm hanging out with this person and it is really aggravating. I feel like telling her that if she doesn't want to hang out with me, she should just tell me. Anybo?y in the same situation. What do you think I should do about it because I don't want to lose a friend.
13 responses
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
15 Jul 10
I would say that if this indeed was your best friend then a direct discussion needs to take place with this friend. Perhaps there is something there that has disrupted the friendship and you are just not aware of it.
However, I have a really BFF and she and I were inseparable. In fact people use to envy her and I. They use to rumor that we appeared to be attached at the hips. We had the same fashion tastes, we thought alike, we helped each other out. In fact we kept each other secrets it was unbelievable. I have noticed that it has been long time coming but in the last, I would say 3 years a great deal of space has come between us. We don't hang out like we use to, we don't text each other like we use to, we don't even call like we use to.
We had this phrase that when one got upset, we gave them space and when that person was ready the other would be right there for the other. However I have been evaluating other friendship and I am afraid we have outgrown our wonderful friendship. Does not mean we will never be friends, just means we will no longer be as close as before.
Good luck to you and your friend, speak up and maybe you can find out what is wrong.
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
16 Jul 10
I have talked to her about it. I have mentioned it many times to her too. I feel like the longer we dont hang out, the more separated we are going to be.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
16 Jul 10
So very true. Keep in touch with her as much as possible. Even if she doesn't respond. Send her a text, email or call from time to time. Someday she will realize what a valuable friend you are.
Good Luck to you!
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
16 Jul 10
i try to contact her everyday and ask her a couple times a week to hang out
@azalpacir (63)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
Just lost my bestfriends a few months. I know the feeling of longing on hanging with them and damn its really aggravating. It feels like I was being suddenly rejected by my bestfriend, and then I start speculating. :D
I simply sent them a message on what I feel. I told them that if they no longer need or want me then they should tell me so that I won't be a fool trying to get close to them.
But I just got over it now. I no longer long for them now neither would want to hang with them. :D
@azalpacir (63)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
Well for me, it was horrible at first, but I believe sometimes losing someone is something for the best. We lose something for a reason, but if we're really meant to be friends then the universe will find a way for us to meet and be friends again. ^_^
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
yes that is tru. just sucks. i mean about 2 yrs ago. I would pick her up around 12 and we would hang out and work out til like 6 or later. I miss those days
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
That sounds horrible though. Ive been friends with her for like 7 or 8 years. I want to work things out and still be friends. We still talk, but its like we never hang out
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
been there done that . it was too hard for me actually. first when i lose my friend for good as my friend turned me and never came back. the world just like crumbled down on me. my first reaction was Denial, ANger, and last acceptance, that my friend is totally gone. it has been 16 years. ha ha. i am old now, i lost my friend when i was a teen. it was the hardest thing that happened in my life. and still the hardest, wish you good things in life. and if i were you spare your self some pain, just accept it. and not focus on your sorrow. it doesn't do any good. i wished i didn't focus on my lost or pain.
@eccentricminded18 (61)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
probably it's only sched conflict. i feel at times that i do not want hang with anybody at all because of stress...sometimes i feel it is better to distance myself from my friends for a while...cause i might end up getting cranky with them. she'll hang out with you sooner or later, i believe.
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
I don't think so cus I have asked her 2 months straight now. And she will hang out with someone she says that she cannot stand
@Clickenecash (285)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
I used to have that feeling with my first best friend from high school. We used to hang out all the time everyday. Now that we are in college, we rarely see each other and only talk to each other online sometimes. And, I get the feeling that he doesn't want to hang out anymore. I really hate that feeling.
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
yes it really sucks. Did you tell your friend about it?
@Laurelle11 (409)
• Australia
15 Jul 10
I feel for you because I am having problems with my best friend at the moment too. Maybe if she is real busy, you could offer to help her out and then she would be finished quicker or if she is hanging out with another person, maybe you could go too. I wonder if your friends interests are changing and possibly she doesn't think you would be interested so that is why she is being like this. You should just ask her if you have done anything and see what she has to say.
@Laurelle11 (409)
• Australia
15 Jul 10
Im sorry to hear that, it really does sound like there is something going on. Could you maybe go talk to one of the other friends who she hangs out with and ask them what is going on. Maybe they would be able to tell you what she has said if she has said anything. She might not feel that she can talk to you about it.
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
I could do that. I honestly never thought about that cus it would be like snooping around. lol. I can try it
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
Honestly I have asked her if she wanted me to help her clean her pool and her house and she is always like no I like doing it by myself. Then a couple times I asked if I could go with her to hang out with them too and she was like idk if she would want you to because it was her idea. It is so stupid because we use to all hang out together. It makes no sense
@Shawchert (1094)
• United States
15 Jul 10
I have that feeling, although I do know my two best friends really want to hang out with me, it's just schedule conflicts, I have a child one doesn't, the other is having trouble even seeing his little one... then they are dating, so that's even more time away... so yeah it's hard to see my best friends I miss them a lot but I try to keep in touch with them as much as I possibly can... Sometimes it just isn't enough.
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
She doesn't really have a job. She will babysit for her mom's friend once in a while and she is only 19 so she doesn't have a kid yet. Last year was our first year of college and ever since then it is like she has changed. I can see it. I have a boyfriend but I still ask her a couple days a week if we can hang out. I don't stop no guy from getting in the way of friendship. I just don't want our friendship to goo POOF
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
Yes, I also feel that way. I have a bestfriend whom I hang out with some couple of months ago but right now because we are too busy with our works and other undertakings we spent less time together and no quality time anymore. I love hanging out with best friends because I can unload my emotional baggage and somehow felt relieve but recently, I am very busy with works so I spent less time with friends.
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
Yeah thats always horrible. I hate it. Once I got outta school. Thats all I really do lol. Now I have been just chillen at my house and going out some nights. It really stinks. It can be hard, but she use to ask me all the time to go out. Not anymore
@zel2zel (134)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
I also feel the same but on the other way. I think I have been losing my best friends ever since I entered college. We chose different paths. Now I am 8 hours away from them. Last time I went home in my province, my best friends asked me to go out with them, but I declined because... yeah... I am lazy and I am tired. I never have a good sleep since I was gone at home, that's why I chose not to go. And then after days and days, it felt like these best friends of mine are mad at me because I didn't go with them. But I promised that I would go with them next time, and I did. It is not the same as before, though. I wanted to tell so many things about me to them, but yeah... I didn't had the chance because they've been talking about their selves. Now I am doubting if I ever existed in their lives. I just don't know, but yeah I hope the next time we see each other, I could now tell these stories.... I wish...
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
Yea I know it stinks. I work like 30 hours a week and I went to school about 15 minutes away. She went to school about an hr and a half away. On her birthday she had her friends from school. It ended up in a disaster. She treated them like they were gold and like we were just not as good as them. She was like I do not want them to drive my fathers truck because they just drove an hour to get here. I was like who cares. I have driven 12 hours and then still drove when I got there. She wanted me to drive her dad's truck and I refused because I drive cars and I didn't wwant anything to happen to her dad's truck. I would feel horriblee. Then she just started walking away from me. I screamed her name and called her. I was at my car getting something and she said she would wait. I was heated. Then I get in there and I was like wow you couldnt have waited. She ended up screaming and I stopped because she neveer givees in. She walked away again and I just wanted to leave but I already paid for my ticket. So I went in and left after without even saying bye. Honestly, I do not know what to do about her anymore. Her birthday was about 4 months ago
@huamao (4)
• China
15 Jul 10
first, i'm too sorry to hear that.but in fact,I meet the same siuation like urs.the person I really like,but she betrayed me and spoke ill of me,what a fu*kin amazing,i really dont know what i did made her hate me so much ,,,and i really can understand ur feeling,,REALLY TERRIBLE!!!!!!!
@candycane15161 (46)
• United States
15 Jul 10
sometimes it isnt wat u did. sometimes the person is just 2 faced. I had a friend that wwas like that. I don't talk to her much anymore. She talks behind people's back and then acts nice in front of their face
@Albert1989 (372)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 10
Losing a best friend can be very difficult. Whether our friend moved away or us, and our friend had an argument, it can feel like a very loss in our life. Sometimes we outgrow friendships and we begin to have different likes and dislikes or lifestyle changes. It's perfectly normal to go through the loss of a best friend, but you should know how to handle the situation gracefully.
If you dont wan to lose a friend, keep in touch with your best friend if he moved away. If you cannot pick up the phone all the time,then you can communicate through MSN Messenger or websites like Facebook or just write a quick email.
Lastly, you can make new friends. Sometimes it is easier if we move on quickly and meet new people. Change social circle or blend two together. Look for friends who share the same hobbies, values and interests as you did.
@swn_chik (266)
• India
28 Jul 10
As far as I know we feel so rejected and hurt when your best friend ignore or don't listen to us.I think you should give her some space because may be you approached her at the wrong time when she had other stuff to do and moreover she has her own life to handle.