Friendship - Relationships with new and best friends - Mamamia

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"It utterly blindsided me." I was ghosted by my best friend. Here's what I did to recover.

Anthony J. Yeung

"I've never had a group of 'girlfriends'. It makes me feel like a failure."

'I had to hide myself from her a little bit.' Breaking up with my best friend was self care.

'I broke up with my best friend after she handed me He's Just Not That Into You. She was right.'

"I felt forgotten and used." The day I finally walked away from my toxic friend.

Jessica Lovejoy

'Conversations revolve around her: My beloved best friend has become a self-obsessed stranger.'

'My childhood friend died after we lost touch. It's a unique kind of grief.'

'I broke up with my best friend after six years. It hurt more than a romantic breakup.'

Taylor Richardson

"She blamed me for everything." What I learned after walking away from my toxic best friend.

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'I'm shut out because I'm single and childless': Friendships in my 30s sometimes hurt.

"I was hiding my real feelings." After months of avoiding conflict, I lost my best friend.

'Me and my best friend were unhappily single. When I fell in love, she ghosted me.'

'We text 100 times a day.' My husband says my friendship with his workmate is a problem.

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"My best friend and I were inseparable for 10 years. Moving in together ruined everything."

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'They treated me with such little regard.' Why I decided to purge my toxic friends.

'It was the sixth time she's cancelled last minute.' Why I've lost my patience with flaky friends.

Melanie Peverill

"What we’re missing isn’t more." This is why you don't need more friends.

'My friend spread a nasty rumour about me in my small town. Everyone believed it.'

"There was only so much that I could be pushed." Why I ghosted my toxic friend.

'My best friend told my husband I cheated. After we divorced, she started dating him.'

Evangeline Grace

For 9 months, I was relentlessly abused by a stranger online. It turned out to be my best friend.

"No Zoom drinks or WhatsApp groups." At 32, I've never been in a 'girl gang'.

Jasmin Van Laar

'She had the worst luck.' I finally found a best friend in Jana. Then she conned me.

'My best friend's husband kicked me out of their wedding party. She blamed me for everything.'

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