Keeping A Friend?

<p>Hey guys, this isn't exactly a serious problem but I was wondering what you guys thought about this problem I have with one of my close friends.</p>

<p>We have been best friends for the better part of 2 years. We tell each other everything, and I mean everything :] We're girls, this is what we do! lol For the most part, junior year was smooth sailing, we got through IB stuffs, SATs, boyfriend drama, parent drama, basically anything you can imagine a teenager can have problems with. But then back around March-April my friend started acting really weird around me and the rest of our group (there's 5 of us who are literally ALWAYS together). She would ditch us to hang out with her boyfriend, and I could understand that cause they are ridiculously close for a couple of teenagers. However if the rest of us made plans to go out, she would get mad for not "including her in making plans". We're a pretty close group, the 5 of us have been friends since like freshman year. So to me it kind of made sense if 2 or 3 of us made plans, then the others would follow suit. It's not like we hand out formal invitations to go to the movies, we just decide to go out and everybody follows. That's how things have worked since forever. But this year my friend has been complaining that we never actually "ask" her if she wants to come with, or that we "never include her in plan-making". I have always just assumed that she would come. This is just one of the smaller issues. </p>

<p>Then there's what happened the last few weeks of school. A lot of small issues just kind of blew up all at once during our Group 4 Projects for IB. My friend basically told me that I was too moody of a person. She said she was tired of always having to be there to cheer me up. Apparently it bothers her that I can be quiet one minute and then laughing hysterically the next. She basically said that I was too much too handle and that "she wasn't gonna sacrifice her personal happiness" just to make me feel better all the time. We ended our friendship then and there. But lately I've been feeling bad about the whole thing.</p>

<p>Okay so am I wrong for thinking that a friend is supposed to be there no matter what? I have been there for her for the longest time, and when I need her I'm suddenly too much to handle? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that best friends were supposed to be there for each other. I really don't want to enter my senior year trying to salvage a friendship that isn't worth saving.
Anyway, thanks for reading this whole thing!!! :))</p>

<p>So what do you guys think? Any opinions? You guys are smart, if I was to listen to anybody it would be some CCers! :)</p>

<p>Dear Britty,</p>

<p>My daughter just went through something very similar with her now ex-bff. Similar things about her being down and my D trying to figure out what was happening, silence from the other end. It also included the circle of friends, now not so circle as well, bc the girl started saying that my D did not care to talk with her and gossip about it, etc etc… you get the drama picture.</p>

<p>My D decided to let things cool by not calling and avoiding all type of contact. She really just wanted it to be something that if anyone asked she could say what happened to bff, she could say we just grew apart. However, this did not happen and like you she had to confront her friend and air out their differences. My D decided to end the friendship bc like you she felt that a friend should understand that there are ups and downs in everyone’s life.</p>

<p>Don’t think this helps much, other than to know that you are not alone in the friendship drama. Hope you are happy with whichever decision you make. Ultimately, you are going to have to live with it.</p>

<p>Best of luck. 8-)</p>