It is so empowering to read stories like this. I departed a toxic friendship group, although it was coming to an end and I was the one feeling hurt I chose to do it on my terms. Every interaction was filled with a huge amount of anxiety, so much so it almost consumed me. I hated being invited to anything but felt hurt when I found out that I hadn’t been invited to events or even small get togethers. It had to end. I didn’t want to confront any of them, I knew that would hurt me more then them. So I invited them all to my engagement party, with all our closest friends and family. I was pleasant and made time for them. And then when they left and said good bye, that was the finale to a toxic friendship and I never saw them again. They never contacted me and I got the conclusion I needed, the clear end point.
Love it. I’m 33 and this is spot on. The advice cover all bases. I particularly like the part about living within your means. This is an on going discussion amongst my friends. Sydney is an expensive city to live in but it is your choice to buy that $20 cocktail or buy that brand new $400 dress or get finance for a car. I would like to add another like lesson. Forget about the white picket fence dream. If you live in Sydney your dream property hopefully will have more then 2 bedrooms, probably has an adjoining wall and a big enough outside space to have a designer dog. No one has land.