18 People Tell Stories Showing That It’s Better to Let Go of Certain Friendships While There’s Still Time

Throughout our adult lives, we create strong bonds with people with whom we feel such a strong connection that it makes sense to think that they will be friendships that will last forever. But, disappointingly, certain actions of these supposed “friends” end up making it clear that the relationship is more one-sided than anything else, and we need to make the decision to walk away from them, as it may be the best attitude for both of us.

If you’ve been through a similar situation, we at awesome.club, we want you to know that you are not alone, as many of our readers and internet users have been in this position. Here are 18 testimonials from people who show that sometimes it’s better to let go of certain friendships.

This “friend” of mine invited me to go on a study trip to London. It was recommended that we stay in different places to interact with the language, but she claimed that she had health problems, so I accepted to stay with her. But when we arrived at the course, she was alone with the other Brazilian women all the time. She just needed me to be safe to get home. From there, we traveled to Paris with the group. She simply excluded me, as well as badmouthing me to others. When she brought me closer to the group, they were laughing. When we got back, I simply excluded her from my life. Marilene Zeni / Facebook

I’ve suffered too much because of friendship. Abusive relationships are not just couples. I had people I called friends who blew up my self-esteem. I would hear things like: “You are from public school, you will never study at University X…”, “I knew it was your birthday, but I didn’t say hello because I didn’t want to waste time”, “Your plans won’t work out”, among other things that made me feel like the most insignificant person. Today, I have two or three people that I consider friends, the rest are known. Colleague, at most. For a long time, I refused to believe it, but the truth is that a friend is a father, mother and money in your pocket. Flavia Zanin / Facebook

My so-called friends invited me to have pizza with them. I got dressed, got money and a ride, but they canceled at the last minute saying they had given up. I used the money to buy ice cream because the next day I saw that they had posted a photo at the pizzeria together. I slowly started to walk away from them, and the day I finished high school, I didn’t tell them, and we never had contact again. Anile Isoton / Facebook

When I was younger, I was going after people, I was “generous” with “friends” who, when they had a party or scheduled something else to do, didn’t invite me. One day, I promised myself that “I would never beg anyone’s friendship”, I can’t even describe how good this release did me. Janete Maria de Freitas / Facebook

I had a friend who loved to come to my house to socialize. I was only convenient for him while living alone, because he only came with his friends when he didn’t have the money to go out. When I started cutting, the friendship ended. Léa Brandão / Facebook

What else exists are people who are self-interested, materialistic or who just don’t want their presence anymore. We know people who wait and charge for our visit, but never show up to visit you, who complain because you didn’t go to your birthday, but they didn’t show up for yours either, friends that you pay for the party, the trip, without expecting anything in return, simply because you want them to have as much fun as you do, but when things get better financially they don’t need your company anymore. Friends you went out of your way both to be with and to help with the parties, but in yours, no one can make an effort just to be there. And in the end, when you decide to apply the rule that friendship is a two-way street, you’re the one who sucks! “You changed!” or “You this, you that and blah-blah-blah…” My advice is: get rid of people like that, believe me, there are still amazing people in the world, and I have the privilege of living together, but who doesn’t exercise reciprocity He doesn’t deserve to be in our life anymore. Aline Barros / Facebook

I was considered the indispensable friend while I had a clean name to go to any store to shop for these friends. On the day of shopping, they even came to pick me up at home, but when it was time to pay me, they couldn’t take the money and I had to manage and find a way to get it. I don’t have a car, they did. Today I only see photos on social media from parties and meetings where I am no longer indispensable. Kênia Bonfim / Facebook

I went to get my Xbox 360 that a friend was borrowing, and our entire group of friends was there. They had been playing all day, having snacks and pizza, and I hadn’t been invited. And now I was in the situation of being the person who spoils everyone’s fun. I took the electronic device and never spoke to anyone in that group again. zenchemin / Reddit

When I slowly realized I was only around for errands and errands. “Go to the airport, get furniture, help with the move.” Anything social always resulted in last-minute cancellations, or showing up 45 minutes late and running away after 10 minutes. I thought they were just busy, but no. gelatinous_poot / Reddit

In my freshman year of college, I used to have a group of friends (seven guys with me included). We would always hang out together and have this group chat where we would discuss anything from class subjects to random things. After a year, I noticed that one of the guys kept getting excluded. Was not invited/informed about a group outing as they badmouthed him behind his back. And the “unofficial leader” of the group did a new group chat, inviting everyone (myself included) except this guy, without his knowledge.
I know what it’s like to be left out, I experienced it in high school and it really sucks. I stopped going out with them and started going out with this kid. He is quite eccentric, but with a good heart. We’ve been friends for over 6 years, and he protects me. SpectreAmazing / Reddit

My so-called “friends” invited me to a party and at the last moment sent a message to the group that no one was coming and that the party had been cancelled. Well… they had the party that day. Everyone went. They just decided they didn’t want me there because I was boring and not a fun person. It hurt a lot, it was a terrible day for me. thenextsherlock16 / Reddit

When my phone was stolen and I lost the phone numbers of most of my friends. My contact remained the same, but I didn’t receive any calls or messages, and we never spoke again. maddalena / Reddit

When I got back to work after three months off due to an injury, I practically begged them to go out with me, but all these so-called friends of mine said they couldn’t because they had other plans. Turns out their plans were to go out together… without me. I found out through social media. I’m a lot less depressed about things since I deleted social media and stopped looking at them as friends and just work acquaintances. It took me a while to realize that “friendships” were really one-sided and that it’s best not to seek anything other than being cordial at work. iaminfamy / Reddit

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