For many, friendship break-ups are more traumatic and leave more of a mark than the romantic kind. Often, the relationship has a history, a set of complexities and an inherently deep connection that is all but broken the minute a friendship is over.
That’s not to say that the odd toxic friendship has to stay. There’s a time and place for the break down of friendships — that just doesn’t mean they are overly easy.
Redditors have shared their own stories of friendship break ups, highlighting how complicated they can be and how varied the catalysts are.
The liar
Perhaps unsurprisingly, lying was a big one. Especially if it was to kick you out of their apartment.
“I lived in an apartment with my best friend. It was going fine for almost a year, no fights or anything,” one user wrote.
“One day, his dad had a stroke. He could no longer work or pay his bills so he needed a place to stay and my friend was adamant that his dad move in to the apartment, meaning I would have to leave. After some arguments (I was trying to make the case that I shouldn’t be the one to move out because it wasn’t fair on me. He should move out and find a place with his dad) I finally decided to be the bigger person and move back in with my parents so that his dad could move in to the apartment.
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