I think you should tell your friend how you feel. Sometimes we assume people act a certain way because they are not interested but they don’t even realize they’re drifting away from us (usually because they occupy themselves with other stuff). It’s hard to keep friendships in our 20s because we meet on the same page (usually we’re all at school or college) but we take different paths with time; jobs in far away places and so on. But people don’t always give importance to the fact that we must work hard to keep any kind of relationship we have. I have a friend who was feeling a little distant from our group after entering a relationship. We told her our exact thoughts and said she was going to lose a 15-year-long friendship if she didn’t make an effort to see us more often (she always cancelled our plans). She listened — and she cried a lot, because she didn’t realize what her actions were doing and she didn’t want to lose us. I think it’s so important to tell people what we’re thinking; if we keep trying to read people’s mind we might lose them without the need to, simply because we never really asked them how they felt (I learned this the hard way). So I would say something like “Hey, I was so happy when you said you were coming so we could relive the old times! I value your friendship a lot and I wouldn’t like to lose touch. If you think we’re on different pages or something I totally respect it, but I do really enjoy your company and would like to be there for you in happy and in hard times! So whenever you want to talk or whenever you need someone to be there for you, just know I’m here.” If you do that at least you’ll know you fought to keep the friendship and that the other person is aware of how you feel, and that alone will rid you of “what if…” thoughts. I hope all goes well for both of you! ❤
People Are Temporary
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