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Default Nov 15, 2018 at 09:31 PM
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In college I was taken in by a group of people. Being 32 and everyone else being under 25 had its complications, especially with maturity. I went out of my way for these kids. One time during one of my sicknesses, a friend sent me a text asking me to come over. I thought it was something to do with her dad again. Although I was supposed to stay in bed to recover, I decided to go over and find out what was going on and listen. She proceeded to tell me she wanted to take on the dark entity in one of the residence halls and if I wanted to go with her. Even though she knew I had health problems.

There is a general belief on campus that this building is haunted. We did an EVP session there before and I got a really amazing recording. However, she thought the dark entity was going to hurt people and wanted to prevent this from happening. I just sat there inwardly groaning because 1. I was sick and 2. We were doing this...again. She dragged me through similar drama for a month.

All those friends are extremely self absorbed. Maybe it's their age. I was there for them, all of them, at one point or several times. But one day mentioned in the group chat I wasn't okay and no one cared or commented. I really could have benefited from some emotional support that day. I've given them things, bought them things, provided emotional support. Going out of my way and risking my health. But when I needed them emotionally no one was around or interested. I've been back from college since Saturday and only one of them bothered to check on me when I withdrew. Or noticed I wasn't really okay.

Is it time for me to remove these people from my life? It's not that I hate them, but I feel like a lot of my time was used and wasted.

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When you feel people never make time for you. Nobody is that busy that they can't pick up the phone or something.


When it feels like a toxic relationship/s. You just know, especially when it's always one-sided, you're always doing the calling/planning.


Just my 2 cents since I had to end some friendships in the past. I have no regrets over it.




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When you feel people never make time for you. Nobody is that busy that they can't pick up the phone or something.


When it feels like a toxic relationship/s. You just know, especially when it's always one-sided, you're always doing the calling/planning.


Just my 2 cents since I had to end some friendships in the past. I have no regrets over it.




Yeah. I also saw someone's post on Facebook tonight about not settling for friendships that aren't healthy, reciprocated or satisfying. Why settle for not that good when better people can enter your life? I removed them all from FB and blocked the numbers I had on my phone, because I'm not about drama.

I think....if you are feeling so ignored by your friends that you are depressed and they make you feel like you don't matter...then you need to change who your friends are.

But I'm also not good at making friends.....so.....I literally have the least amount of friends on FB than anyone else I know. I only have 28. Most of them don't even talk to me/interact with me. I struggle with making friends because I'm not good at opening up. I've been emotionally wounded a lot. In the past it was hard to have and maintain friendships because of my mental illness. I'm in remission now, but I can't seem to form healthy friendships either. It's always the same users and abusers. Where's all the good, healthy people in the world?
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Yes, it's ok to end one-sided friendships where people are just taking advantage of your generosity. You are not there to baby-sit.

Maybe you can hang out with graduate students or go to meetups group where people your age are around.
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Yes, it's ok to end one-sided friendships where people are just taking advantage of your generosity. You are not there to baby-sit.

Maybe you can hang out with graduate students or go to meetups group where people your age are around.
I had to withdraw from school due to medical and financial problems, so I'm not even there any more. I found out about the non-traditional student lounge very late in the semester, too late for me to benefit from it. But I did decide to cut ties with them, because yeah....I don't need that stuff in my life. I want genuine friends I can relate to and who are more mature than that.
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I think you have to look at it case by case. Consider these persons individually. I don't think you have to go making a big announcement. Just stop going out if your way. Don't keep giving to people who mainly just take. Those aren't real friends.
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I had one friend where when we did finally get together, she was constantly on her phone, not "present" while she was out with me. She knew it annoyed me and yet didn't try to do anything about it. I just finally said that I couldn't deal with that type of person and said we just had two different lifestyles and it's not going to work on my end. I don't feel bad, sometimes it's what you have to do, stand up to people.



I don't think it's asking too much for your friends to be "present" while you're out with them. If she was really a true friend, she would've compromised. I put up with it time and time again so I tried, but after awhile, no more.




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I had one friend where when we did finally get together, she was constantly on her phone, not "present" while she was out with me. She knew it annoyed me and yet didn't try to do anything about it. I just finally said that I couldn't deal with that type of person and said we just had two different lifestyles and it's not going to work on my end. I don't feel bad, sometimes it's what you have to do, stand up to people.



I don't think it's asking too much for your friends to be "present" while you're out with them. If she was really a true friend, she would've compromised. I put up with it time and time again so I tried, but after awhile, no more.




It's important to recognize and accept when your friends aren't compatible. Definitely believe it's okay and permissible to let people like this go. Why would you spend time with someone if you were just going to ignore them? It...doesn't make sense. But hey! You got out of it. Now you know this isn't the type of friend you want.
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About 10 years ago, I had a number of acquaintances who seemed to be mainly draining me. I was picking up the phone when they needed to vent. They were self-absorbed. I must have been providing some validation that they were looking for. But I noticed that I felt used. So I started reducing the time I would allot them. They all have slipped away.

I can't say I miss them. I don't. They were emotionally leeching off me. (Most of them were older than me, so I don't think it was a maturity issue.) I didn't break these friendshbhip in any overt way. I just became less available. I will never go back to how I used to be.
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I had that with someone always coming to vent get free work done. i was sick and needed something and she did not want to know. I dropped her made no explanation. People like that are freeloaders and users. You are better off without them
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In college I was taken in by a group of people. Being 32 and everyone else being under 25 had its complications, especially with maturity. I went out of my way for these kids. One time during one of my sicknesses, a friend sent me a text asking me to come over. I thought it was something to do with her dad again. Although I was supposed to stay in bed to recover, I decided to go over and find out what was going on and listen. She proceeded to tell me she wanted to take on the dark entity in one of the residence halls and if I wanted to go with her. Even though she knew I had health problems.

There is a general belief on campus that this building is haunted. We did an EVP session there before and I got a really amazing recording. However, she thought the dark entity was going to hurt people and wanted to prevent this from happening. I just sat there inwardly groaning because 1. I was sick and 2. We were doing this...again. She dragged me through similar drama for a month.

All those friends are extremely self absorbed. Maybe it's their age. I was there for them, all of them, at one point or several times. But one day mentioned in the group chat I wasn't okay and no one cared or commented. I really could have benefited from some emotional support that day. I've given them things, bought them things, provided emotional support. Going out of my way and risking my health. But when I needed them emotionally no one was around or interested. I've been back from college since Saturday and only one of them bothered to check on me when I withdrew. Or noticed I wasn't really okay.

Is it time for me to remove these people from my life? It's not that I hate them, but I feel like a lot of my time was used and wasted.
I had some experience in that myself! It probably best.to let them go. Take this as a lesson that you learn. Who you don't want to hang out with? Who you are not meant to be with?
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When you feel people never make time for you. Nobody is that busy that they can't pick up the phone or something.


When it feels like a toxic relationship/s. You just know, especially when it's always one-sided, you're always doing the calling/planning.


Just my 2 cents since I had to end some friendships in the past. I have no regrets over it.




Sometime you just end friendship that aren't good.for you.
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If you don’t enjoy their company, if they cause you to feel bad often, if you can’t trust them at all...

I’ve continued some friendships way too long until I learned what is toxic. Once I enforced boundaries and refused disrespect these relationships ended.

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Or especially when they act like they're not interested in anything you have to say, or ask you about your life, they make it all about them.


Or if you say to them that you're not happy with the way things are in the friendship, they don't try to compromise to stay friends, they just have that "oh well" attitude.
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Best to be alone and a little lonely than to be in one-way situations where you are getting the short end of the stick.

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I ended a five year distance friendship with a girl that mainly used me to vent her negative emotions. I couldn't take it anymore. She was basically taking me for some sort of amateur therapist and I couldn't provide that kind of support. I did listen to her, I tried to help on many, many occasions and devoted a lot of time to talking to her. Still, she wouldn't miss an opportunity to attack me or berate me for holding a different opinion. It was painful and difficult but shortly before Christmas I just had to tell her it was all over. It's strange: sometimes I feel like I've lost something important but I'm confident I wouldn't want to go back to that unpleasant situation.

My current friends are... well... Very self-absorbed. Some of them have become snobbish, arrogant and distant. Nobody ever asks how I'm doing. Sometimes, they even ignore my messages on our group chat. I don't know what to do, though, since they're my only friends and I don't handle loneliness well.

As for your friends, I don't know what to tell you. It's clear that you're the one who's disadvantaged in that situation, and I'd say get the heck out of there, but are they your only friends? Can you make new ones? Consider those aspects and, if you want, tell us more.

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I don't think anyone handles loneliness very well. On the other hand...holding onto toxic situations out of a fear of being alone isn't very good either. Spending time alone can strengthen one's character and confidence and you will attract different sorts of people. I got rid of all toxic frenemies/egomaniacs...and guess what? -- I don't miss them!

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I don't think anyone handles loneliness very well. On the other hand...holding onto toxic situations out of a fear of being alone isn't very good either. Spending time alone can strengthen one's character and confidence and you will attract different sorts of people. I got rid of all toxic frenemies/egomaniacs...and guess what? -- I don't miss them!
Well, there are clearly people who deal with being alone a lot better than others. I think I didn't express myself correctly: loneliness is clearly a bad thing, while being alone doesn't necessarily bring on loneliness. But you get the point.

I agree with your second statement. Nobody should be forced to endure any toxic situations and/or friendships and, in that case, being alone is probably a better option. Still, I can't quite muster the necessary courage to end it all with my friends. That's a weakness of mine. Problem is I don't have much of a chance of developing any new and meaningful friendship where I live since the biggest part of people here are... well, not very interesting, with limited tastes, rude and loud, and I don't like that. My best bet would probably be to find out strategies to deal with being alone in order to make solitude productive and positive, just like you said.

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Well, there are clearly people who deal with being alone a lot better than others. I think I didn't express myself correctly: loneliness is clearly a bad thing, while being alone doesn't necessarily bring on loneliness. But you get the point.

I agree with your second statement. Nobody should be forced to endure any toxic situations and/or friendships and, in that case, being alone is probably a better option. Still, I can't quite muster the necessary courage to end it all with my friends. That's a weakness of mine. Problem is I don't have much of a chance of developing any new and meaningful friendship where I live since the biggest part of people here are... well, not very interesting, with limited tastes, rude and loud, and I don't like that. My best bet would probably be to find out strategies to deal with being alone in order to make solitude productive and positive, just like you said.





Here is another thought. Sometimes the people who aren't very good friends end up leaving us, too. Because they are often narcissistic and crave attention and go out seeking new supply. This has happened to me. I have tried to be a good friend and people just get bored and suddenly vanish.

This thread has interested me. One reason I ended up alone is because I made a decision to be fearless and not hang on to friendships with people who weren't very good friends. One thing I hate is when people gossip about other people. So I dropped a lot of people because of that.

It is hard being alone...whether lonely or not. But I am really hoping it will have its benefits. I am a very loyal and giving friend and I decided I wanted friends who are like that.

I have one friend from childhood who is very loyal...so I know it is possible.

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I vote to end a friendship when your friend starts chasing dark entities.
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