Though the title is “Losing A Friend”, I don’t mean it in the way you might think. This is when friends grow apart, and slowly stop being as close as they used to be. It happens to a lot of friendships, and it can be really hard to deal with.

Friendships can fall apart over events, opinions, or over just about anything. And it can be a painful split. A good friendship is like a marriage and sometimes it just doesn’t work out in the long run. How you deal with it can affect the feelings of those in the friendship (including you).

I recommend that if your friendship is failing, stay strong and positive. If you realize that these things happens and accept it, in the long run you can still stay on friendly terms when you’re around eachother. Talking smack about eachother, and being generally negative about the other person can only complicate the situation more.

Just because one friendship is on the rocks, doesn’t mean you can’t still make new friends. Actually, I highly recommend it. The best thing for a person to do when they’re getting over the pain of a broken friendship is to go out and meet new people, make new friends. Or you can just strengthen the friendships you have already with other people. Hanging out with other friends you have can also help heal the broken friendship wounds.

In the long run you will find out it’s not the end of the world. You can still treasure what you had with this person, and keep fond thoughts pertaining to them, even if you aren’t friends anymore. In the very least, it could have also been a blessing in disquise. You might just find another friend more on your level than your own friend was, creating a new wonderful friendship all in its own.