friends help: How can I get rid of this friend? - Help.com

That’s a good question. How do you break up with a friend? I think just not answering her calls or texts is about as gentle a way to do it as any. Really if you tell them you just don’t like them anymore it is going to be confrontational and probably cause more hurt feelings than just ignoring her.

Really though she should have already figured out that you are not as close to her as you used to be because you have been semi-ignoring her. Maybe you will just have to have a face to face talk and tell her you feel the two of you have grown apart and you want to spend more time with other friends… and less with her.

I agree with Dr. Ralph. Ignoring is probably less hurtful than actually telling her that you don’t want to be her friend anymore. She probably should have taken the hint by now though.

i think she has a right to know. if someone doesnt want to be friends with me and i want to be friends with them, then i sure as hell would like them to tell me.
it seems as though she WANTS to be friends with you since she keeps calling and txting u. or maybe she just wants the attention.

how exactly has she changed and how old are you two?

Dynamite.

I don’t think this world has enough love in it that you can just ditch friends.

I was in a similar situation as you. I was friends with a girl when I was younger and I ended up being put in a bad situation because of her. I started to think about our friendship and realized that it wasn’t a healthy one to be in with her always bossing me around and me never standing up for myself. I decided that I needed to stop being friends with her so first I told my parents and they supported my decision. First I just stopped answering her texts as frequently and said I couldn’t go out as much for different reasons. I felt guilty too at first but I knew it was best for me. I was never mean to her or anything so she wasn’t upset and though we aren’t friends we still smile at each other in the halls at school. I recently learned of a horrible situation that she got herself into and realized that my choice was the right thing because knowing myself i could have easily been right there along with her.