Friends But Then..?

          Hey guys,

I wanted to write about something that happened to me and one of my close friends. Maybe you can relate to what I experienced. 

There's always going to be a time when you drift away from a person you were friends with. It happened to me recently. I'm not really sure what happened, but we just... separated. We used to eat together with my other friends during lunch and hang out, but then suddenly that friend stopped hanging out with us. Before we used to wave at each other when we'd see each other in the hallway or during class hours, but now it's just awkward to look at each other.

We've had problems like this before. That friend of mine said she felt excluded from the group, so we would try to include them in our conversations. We did our part, but my friend didn't. We would talk to that friend, but their answers would be so short, and then like, a minute later, they would just end the conversation, and then there would only be this, awkward silence lingering...

Sometimes I think that I did something wrong. Did I say something to upset that person? Was it an action that upset my friend? I think about it, and sometimes I worry a lot, a little too much. I realize that I didn't do anything wrong. And at the end, I discovered that it isn't really anyone's fault.

Sometimes friends just... kind of, separate. And I guess there can't be just one person's fault. It can either be everyone's fault, or no one's. We shouldn't worry about whose mistake it was. The only thing that can be done is come to good terms at the end, and still have mutual respect for each other.

I wonder if this ever happens to anyone else out there... do you ever become so close to someone, and then all of a sudden, it's like you're strangers? This is my first time experiencing something like this. It feels odd, and I have this weird feeling in myself. I feel guilt, but I also think that whatever happens is for the best. And maybe the best thing to do is to just move on.

Thank you for reading. Until next time.

Keep Smiling,
M-L