Yea, but it kind of just vanished on its own. It's not something you normally have to break off. It seems like they just slowly fade out. This has happened with most of my friendships actually.

Nice time for this poll because I made a very elderly friend by accident tonight who I'm totally sure I will actually have to dump. She was a total stranger and is begging me take me home with her. Strange ass story too. Weird stuff happens to me, but I'm pretty sure the friendship will go very wrong if I don't do something. She's even looking for me! I just met her tonight for Pete's sake! Lol. So some friendships you do have to abruptly put on a hiatus. Always find a way to do it nicely though. I'm thinking I may just find a way to get around my own situation where the person won't have hurt feelings. That can be hard. You'll have to get creative if you don't want to hurt them. First, it's important to know why you're needing to end it. Pushy people? Negative friendship that is polluting you and getting rough on your health? If something like that is going on, that is about the only time I feel that an end is necessary. Otherwise it'll fade on its own.

I am so worried to hurt others that I would lie. Yep. Let me just be honest. I would say something like "I'm so busy that I can hardly hold my head up when I do actually get some free time, so I really need a few weeks to myself so I can get my own self together and in a good state of mind again." I mean you can't just say, "hey, I really can't stand you. You make me feel like pullin' my hair out because you're so ..." Or if they are negative and only produce negative thoughts and energy and never have anything positive to say, you can tell them that because it could help them, but most people like that know they're negative and you simply have to distance yourself. I have family like this. This type of person can cut you off at the knees with just a few words. They can pollute your entire way of thinking in only one visit. It's awful and really rough on your health if you're around it a lot.

One family member in particular is like this and every time she'd come around, I'd get sick! I had stomach issues and anxiety issues from the stomach issues (lol), and when I was around a lot of negativity or extreme stress, I'd end up sick as a dog the next day. Every time. It never failed. If she was here at my home, I'd be down with the worst stomach issues the very next day or just hours after she left. She always gave me such a hard time! But I got healthier and had some healing of my health issues, and she changed a lot too, became a happier person and now we can tolerate a lot of visiting

So there are different reasons for breaking it off, and if it's anything that's causing you stress or stuff like that, it's okay to do it. I won't say I've not lied (like my example above) to avoid crushing a "friend's" little heart. Call me a liar, but I felt that was really the way to go in that situation.