Warning: I spent 8 months trying to fix a friendship that was never broken on my end
I met Dana at a climbing gym in Denver back in 2021 and for two winters we did everything together, then she just stopped texting back. For 8 months I kept reaching out, dropping by her work, even mailed her a birthday card, and every single time I got nothing but a short reply or silence. What tipped me off was my roommate asking why I was the only one putting in effort, and I pulled up our chat and counted 47 messages from me and 6 from her. That was the moment I realized I was not losing a friend, I was chasing someone who had already left. I stopped that day and deleted her number, and honestly the peace was instant. Has anyone else kept a friendship on life support way longer than they should have before cutting it?