Nobody likes to talk about it, but here it is: not every friendship is meant to last a lifetime.
Some friends drift away quietly. The texts get slower, the calls stop coming, and one day you realize it’s been months—maybe years—since you last spoke. Others end in messy arguments, or in a silence so sharp you never saw it coming.
And it hurts. Because these aren’t strangers. These are the people who once knew your secrets, laughed at your dumbest jokes, stayed up late when you needed to talk, or held you through your worst heartbreak.
So why does it happen?
Because life changes us. Careers, cities, marriages, kids, losses, even just personal growth—all of it shifts who we are and what we need. The person who was perfect for your 20-year-old self might not fit with your 30-year-old self. And that doesn’t mean the friendship wasn’t real. It just means it ran its course.
Here’s what nobody tells you:
A friendship doesn’t have to be forever to be meaningful.
Letting go doesn’t erase the love or the memories.
You’re allowed to grieve friendships the same way you grieve relationships.
The truth is, some people are meant to walk the whole road with us. Others are only here for a chapter. But both can shape us, teach us, and leave us better than before.
So if you’ve lost a friend you thought would be forever, don’t see it as failure. See it as part of the story. Their role in your life mattered—just not for every page.
And that’s okay.
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