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[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don't think there's a reason, which I think is the saddest reason. Growing up and drifting apart. Tried many times to fire up conversations but don't know where to start.

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

He chased a ball into the street.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Lost all my friends every couple years growing up thanks to the US military moving us around. Do not recommend.

Got a great dad out of the situation though so I’m not bitter. Much.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same except my dad was a PhD who never could get tenure anywhere because he has malignant narcissism and makes every workplace he goes to toxic.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You win. My dad's nice. My mom's the narcissist but pretty mild compared to a lot of the other shit I've read from people who grew up in that kind of home.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ya but I don’t wanna win :(

I know man. It was empathy not congratulatory. I hope you’re doing ok. Not sure we ever truly get over the things our parents did to us though.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago

Good friend, helped me through my parents long divorce. I moved abroad and got a bit lonely out there. Him and his then longterm gf who I was also good friends with had planned to come out and see me.

They then split shortly before. I wanted to be friends with both of them, but if I'm honest with myself, I thought the gf had feelings for me, as her texts to me were getting very high in emoji content. I encouraged them both to come separately and my friend said that our friendship was over if his ex comes to visit me. I guess he knew me better than I knew myself.

He didn't visit, she did. Nothing happened but there were clearly mixed messages on my side. Lost two good friends in one go.

Have made a few good friends since then, but I do miss him and that social circle a lot. I surprisingly haven't learned to not take liberties in friendship circles, but I'm trying to learn.

[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Brother: Lets just say we had a major disagreement in early November.

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Couldn't agree what stash you'd each grow for Movember? :D /s

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[–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

One where I was dumb was when I sold my then one of best friends a laptop and took his word for him going to pay a week later even though I knew he was a small time grifter. We were tight so I thought he wouldn't screw me over but alas, believing in people is dumb.

The second was an online friend of many years and good emotional support one way and the other, but then out of the blue the dude starts spewing hate and straight up tells me he's a nazi. Fuck that guy. Well fuck the first guy too, but at least I knew the devil back then.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

He had an argument with my then girlfriend, and stopped talking to me for some reason. We never had any issues or arguments, but he simply won't reply to me or return my calls. After a while, I gave up. We had been friends for about 7 years at that point.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 8 points 3 days ago

I let my agoraphobia get the better of me.

Whenever I wanted to hang out she was at volleyball practice

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I used to have an online friend who never really texts me first unless I do. Since they're a leftie, I wished them on Happy Left-handers Day and they replied that I don't need to wish them, which I only did to spark some conversation. This put me off and I went "Alr I won't bother texting you ever" and they went "Ok".

Haven't texted them in 3 months, neither did they (as they don't ever). Idk who is the idiot here, me, she or both.

I don't really like ending friendships from my side, so I might text them on her birthday and see how it goes.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a bizarre reaction to something very innocuous. I knew a woman on FB who thought that "thumbs upping" her comments was somehow offensive. I wrote her off as nuts.

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[–] ilhamagh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So trivial lol, maybe both of you are kinda in a petty mood that day.

If it was me I'd probably just ask what went wrong immediately cuz I'm impatient.

I hope you can make up.

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[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

My own dumb actions.

I deserved it. We are on speaking terms now years later at least.

I was weak and lonely and easily susceptible to her boyfriend's advances. We were quite young, early teens.

Joke was on all 3 of us... he hadn't figured out yet that he was gay. Neither had she for that matter. They're both infinitely more happy now. And I'm happy for them.

[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

I ordered some supplements for him, $24 in value. We should have meet when he returns from the trip. He just ghosted me instead. We were friends since 1997. I didn't even planned to ask him for money... Yes, he is still alive.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

A mutual friend of ours got into an argument with him because he made some new friends at his local pub and was buying pints for them left, right and centre. He took serious offence to the suggestion that they were using him for his money (he got about Β£120k in inheritance after his mum died) and cut both of us off, even though I never said anything to him.

I don't want to elaborate on his backstory but he had a lot of mental health problems and past trauma. After a lot of bad things happened a few years ago, he decided that he was done with life and vowed not to outlive his cats. Have tried to talk him out of it but he's set on ending his own life after his cats pass away.

I presume he's still alive, but I can't get in touch with him as he nuked his phone number and blocked me on all socials.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

Best friend of 6-8 years, I went back to work (I had been receiving VA disability) to get my money right to buy a house. He cut me out and everyone followed his will and did the same, because I couldn't hang out EVERY day. Never mind I was trying to buy a house so wed have somewhere to hang out and party that wasnt checks notes his in-laws house.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] 01011@monero.town 9 points 4 days ago

His girlfriend at that the time said I was handsome causing dude to become incredibly insecure and petty.

Back in primary school (end of 1997), my best friend went to a different high school the next year and we never spoke again.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago
[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

She stole from me.

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