When you feel a friend growing apart from you, how do you respond?

<p>Like when they talk to you less, etc. I feel weird about confronting them because I think, "Well if they really still liked me then they wouldn't be acting this way toward me. I can't 'demand' friendship." Or similarly, I feel pathetic asking why someone doesn't talk to me as often (when I know that they talk to other people, so it's not an issue of being busy), because what is that supposed to do, guilt trip them into talking to me more? Do you let go of such friendships, or do you try to confront it to see what happened? What are other people's opinions.</p>

<p>well you could probably ask her neutrally,
like don’t be like YOU SUCK BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT TALKING TO ME ANYMORE WHY WON’T YOU TALK TO ME
but you could phrase it in the form of a question
like “do you feel we’re growing apart?”</p>

<p>Thanks. Also, what if the friend doesn’t go to your school, so it’s not like you can see them everyday and it’s not blatantly obvious that you two don’t talk as often?</p>

<p>hmmm so you guys mostly talk on the internet/phone and stuff?
well i guess you could always try just talking to her more and see if she pushes you away
also sometimes friends get bored of each other
or they go through antisocial phases
it might have nothing to do with you</p>

<p>but you know it never hurts to talk about it, as long as you do it nicely,
like you could be like “i miss youuuu we don’t talk enough”</p>