When friends disappoint you, do you just let them be?

@chiyosan (30184)
Philippines
July 23, 2018 4:41am CST
I have often times thought about this. Am I too nice or am I just always not in the mood to confront them when things turn sour? I have this friend that I do expect a lot from her. Expected her not to ditch me on difficult times. But turned out that when the going gets tough.. she is the first one to disappear like some bubble popped in the air. She has done this twice already and well she always comes back around when she is able to reflect. This time I feel she is overboard. Enough is enough and I am no longer "consoling" her and I will just let her be. It can't be helped that we are different, our friends all have different personalities and maybe this is how she copes up with things. I just do not like the feeling being left out when we could have discussed what hurts us in the situation. I think she does not understand that what she does hurts me even more. Maybe she just needs to learn it by herself now that I am so done "chasing" after her.
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
23 Jul 18
True friend always stay with us in problems.i have a friend who talks with me only when she need help..yes did right thing stopped chase her
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
Yes there are friends that are obviously only on your side when they are trying to get something from you. If it gets to that point I would really not talk to them anymore.
@kavinitu (5535)
• India
23 Jul 18
True friends can be identified in the crisis. Those friends are forever with you. I never let them go if they hurt me
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
I don't know anymore how to react to her but yes, i know true friends are hard to find and I have lost a lot of people in my lives the moment the water starts to boil.
@Shavkat (139929)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
I have a couple of friends like this before. It is was a big lesson for me not to entertain them in my life.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
I am trying i know she is going through some sorts but I hope she does not try so hard to ignore others too. we have feelings too and she is just so good at making you feel lost about everything
@Shavkat (139929)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@chiyosan We do have moments in life. I think she just needs time to be detached from other people.
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Jul 18
I have a lot. The moment they will talk a lot of things to you it's either on the phone or in person when it is just an ordinary day, and when you need them because you want someone to talk to, you can't find them. I call it selfish. They only thing of themselves.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
I remember always being there when she needs anything. I always find time to meet her if she feels she needs to talk or what or even whine. I kept up and stayed up late for her too. Not that I am counting it is just that maybe she is feeling uneasy or wanting a new life probably.. but the least she can do is let me know right? It is painful to just be left hanging like this.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Jul 18
@chiyosan I wrote a discussion about this. I have a friend who works as a DH in Dubai. Most of the time she will message me on Facebook, we talked endlessly, I sure have time for her just to make her not feel lonely. Her so-called boyfriend is our friend, they only have a relationship through texting before, and I was the bridge. I used to tell her things her boyfriend is doing because we live in the same place before. In short, I was her reporter. It was 8 years of communicating like that. Until this year, she went home for good. What makes me disappointed has she never let me know she was already home and that they already meet with her boyfriend and that they stayed in one place already. If not for her boyfriend we wouldn't know about it. I feel betrayed. I don't know how to explain the anger, what worse is, she talks to me behind my back and told one of our friends that after all those years, she didn't like to talk to me. After those sleepless nights, I endure just to be with her on messenger. I am really feel bad about it.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@JustBhem I am so sorry to hear about this from you... and I guess I can relate to it a bit because it is the same feeling that we have been there for them and sharing their pains and all only to know how little they see of us. =( We really cannot know everyone's intentions. People change, people can be so mean like that too. Have you also tried to reach out and well see if you still can chat or patch things up?
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
23 Jul 18
True friends still likes you even when he/she doesn't need your help , they stick with you especially in times of crisis.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
a lot of people do not know what they are missing out on especially on people who have been good to them sometimes we neglect their kindness and thought it will never end so we do not value those that stick with us. ihope she realizes how much i consider her my friend.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
24 Jul 18
@chiyosan yes that's sad but true
@chicnthin (3031)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
I think all of us will feel disappointment if someone who is dear to us doesn't meet our expectation.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
I do not expect much, it is just that she always "runs away" or disappears and I am left hanging as to what happened to her. I will see her post on social media but totally ignore me and even if i tag her... she will not acknowledge those.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
25 Jul 18
@chicnthin thank you for your response. I wish for her to be better friend if not to me at least to others she meet in the future. i swear not all would be so patient with her
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@chicnthin (3031)
• Philippines
25 Jul 18
@chiyosan well that kind of friend is toxic, and brings nothing good at all.
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• Pamplona, Spain
23 Jul 18
Have also come across this before and if she comes back to you after it might be that she does not know any other way to cope with what might be going on.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
But i am just here all the time! she need not even tell me and i can feel something is wrong and when i ask she ignores me and is seemingly so happy with other people. But maybe that is just her. I hope everything gets settled once she is okay already.
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• Pamplona, Spain
24 Jul 18
@chiyosan I take those kind of people as they are mostly. Its true I can get puzzled as to why they act that way but that is life sometimes.
@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
24 Jul 18
I consider true friends only the people who support me when I go through difficult situations and do their best to help me in such moments. If I notice that they only enjoy my company when life is good and they turn their back on me when I need them the most I stop considering them my friends, and I see them only as simple acquaintances.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
thank you sebastian! I guess i should really assess to which group she belongs in my life. I consider her as someone important to me already that is why i am hurt when she ignores me purposely. sometimes it is just so hard to accept the fact that people are so different.
@rakski (122861)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Friends like that is a baggage. They are there when they need you but when you need them, pooped, gone.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
seriously she is so hard to understand. i can't keep up with all the drama. ='(
@Berrygal (5834)
24 Jul 18
Sure I let them.be and life goes on
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
25 Jul 18
it sure goes on. thank you!