Few things hurt as much as lifelong friendships abruptly coming to an end. As James Blake sang, “As many loves that have crossed my path / In the end, it was friends who broke my heart.” Many of us have experienced friendship breakups, whether in middle school or as adults. In general, people prefer to be upfront about ending friendships, as 52% of Americans say it’s better to be direct than to slowly distance yourself.
But not all friendships end with a polite conversation. Sometimes, your friend does or says something so out-of-pocket or insulting that you know you can no longer be friends with such a person. Bored Panda has collected answers from three online threads where people were sharing the reasons they cut off their friends for good. Some of them were unexpected, others kind of deserved, but most are still heartbreaking.
#41
Their obsession with men.
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#43
A baby.
Full story is: my friend got preggo when we were 19, swore up and down it was *this guys* baby and I backed her fully on this. She's miserable, demanding and selfish the entire time she's pregnant, I cater to her. She has baby and then *that guy* comes out of the woodwork asking for a dna test and it winds up being his baby. She says she won't tell *this guy* because she want's him to suffer. I offer baby advice often (my mom actually taught me how to care for a baby growing up. I had 2 sisters 6 and 8 years younger than me and lots of baby cousins and niece/nephews so lots of practice) and get shot down and told "you don't have a baby, you don't know what you're talking about" (was telling her to get newborn nipples or drop in's for baby's gas) I watch baby when she goes back to work until one day she does not bring enough formula. I do not have car to get formula. I do not have money to get formula even if I had car. I call her. I am freaking out. Baby will not stop crying. She tells me to put formula in bottle. She gets someone to pick up baby. I do not speak to her ever again.
Full story is: my friend got preggo when we were 19, swore up and down it was *this guys* baby and I backed her fully on this. She's miserable, demanding and selfish the entire time she's pregnant, I cater to her. She has baby and then *that guy* comes out of the woodwork asking for a dna test and it winds up being his baby. She says she won't tell *this guy* because she want's him to suffer. I offer baby advice often (my mom actually taught me how to care for a baby growing up. I had 2 sisters 6 and 8 years younger than me and lots of baby cousins and niece/nephews so lots of practice) and get shot down and told "you don't have a baby, you don't know what you're talking about" (was telling her to get newborn nipples or drop in's for baby's gas) I watch baby when she goes back to work until one day she does not bring enough formula. I do not have car to get formula. I do not have money to get formula even if I had car. I call her. I am freaking out. Baby will not stop crying. She tells me to put formula in bottle. She gets someone to pick up baby. I do not speak to her ever again.
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#45
I’m petty, so not sure if anyone will relate to this - I ended a friendship because he would take a week to respond.
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