My closest friend has, for the FOURTH consecutive time, left me on seen as I tried to reach out via text. We are both 27 years old, so if he's done with our relationship he could just say it like the grown man that he is. Also my other best friend is in a new relationship so we haven't seen each other that much, I understand because its her first love and all that stuff, but she keeps making excuses when she doesn't want to hang out and it makes me so mad because we've been friends for 10 years, and I thought she respected our friendship enough to be honest with me (also she has no reason to lie, i could care less if the cancelled plans just to take a nap or something)
I decided that I'm done begging like a dog. I'm quite busy myself and I moved to another city a few years ago so I've tried extra-hard to keep my friends close, but I'm just done with not seeing any reciprocity. I decided to stop watching IG stories and take a break from texting even if they reach out (I know they will not).
I wanted to ask anyone who's been in a similar situation: how did you handle it? does keeping distance help ease the painful feeling of being unwanted? i hate confrontation so i'm not sure what to do besides completely shutting down, i even thought of deleting social media and just disappearing but i don't know what to do.