{"id":17930,"date":"2024-12-07T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17930"},"modified":"2024-12-07T10:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T10:23:20","slug":"how-to-break-up-with-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17930","title":{"rendered":"How to Break Up With a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Krystle Dullas\u2019s close friend left their city for an extended cross-country road trip in 2022, they vowed to stay in touch. But as life got busier, their long telephone conversations and video exchanges slowly dissipated, Ms. Dullas said.<\/p>\n

In January, when she saw on social media that her friend visited home without seeing her, Ms. Dullas felt confused and hurt. And her inquiry about the visit received only a curt response, she said.<\/p>\n

The two haven\u2019t spoken since.<\/p>\n

Ms. Dullas, 37, felt as if she\u2019d been unceremoniously dumped by someone she\u2019d been close to for nearly five years. And while she doesn\u2019t regret losing a friend who was unwilling to make time for her, Ms. Dullas was surprised by how much the breakup stung. Indeed, cutting ties with a close friend can be as tough as splitting with a romantic partner, relationship experts said, though there\u2019s no cultural script for processing the end of a friendship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just really, really sad because you\u2019re mourning a person who\u2019s still alive,\u201d said Ms. Dullas, a sales representative at a board game distributor in Richmond, Va.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Such breakups represent an \u201cunrecognized kind of grief,\u201d said Beverley Fehr, a social psychologist with the University of Winnipeg who studies close relationships. \u201cIf someone goes through a divorce or is widowed, there\u2019s generally support for the person \u2014 or at least an acknowledgment of the pain they are experiencing,\u201d Dr. Fehr said. \u201cThat tends not to happen so much with friendships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why losing a friend can feel so painful, and some expert tips if you\u2019re considering a breakup.<\/p>\n

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And how to lessen the blow.When Krystle Dullas\u2019s close friend left their city for an extended cross-country road trip in 2022, they vowed to stay in touch. But as life got busier, their long telephone conversations and video exchanges slowly dissipated, Ms. Dullas said.In January, when she saw on social media that her friend visited home without seeing her, Ms. Dullas felt confused and hurt. And her inquiry about the visit received only a curt response, she said.The two haven\u2019t spoken since.Ms. Dullas, 37, felt as if she\u2019d been unceremoniously dumped by someone she\u2019d been close to for nearly five years. And while she doesn\u2019t regret losing a friend who was unwilling to make time for her, Ms. Dullas was surprised by how much the breakup stung. Indeed, cutting ties with a close friend can be as tough as splitting with a romantic partner, relationship experts said, though there\u2019s no cultural script for processing the end of a friendship.\u201cIt was just really, really sad because you\u2019re mourning a person who\u2019s still alive,\u201d said Ms. Dullas, a sales representative at a board game distributor in Richmond, Va.Such breakups represent an \u201cunrecognized kind of grief,\u201d said Beverley Fehr, a social psychologist with the University of Winnipeg who studies close relationships. \u201cIf someone goes through a divorce or is widowed, there\u2019s generally support for the person \u2014 or at least an acknowledgment of the pain they are experiencing,\u201d Dr. Fehr said. \u201cThat tends not to happen so much with friendships.\u201dHere\u2019s why losing a friend can feel so painful, and some expert tips if you\u2019re considering a breakup.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17932,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17933,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17930\/revisions\/17933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}