In the Media: On Why The Ending of A Friendship Sucks (TheJournal.IE)
June 27, 2015
Writing in TheJournal.ie, an Irish news outlet, Christine Allen laments about the heartbreak of missing a girlfriend after a breakup. She cites research that examined platonic breakups:
“The ethics of friendship are very strong which makes it very hard to end a friendship, even when it has stopped being fun, because we feel terribly guilty about it.”
She also quotes Dr. Irene S. Levine:
“One of the things that makes breaking up with a friend really difficult is that there’s no one to talk to about it. The person you’d most want to talk to is the person you’ve broken up with.”
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Category: HANDLING BREAKUPS, IN THE MEDIA
The thing is this: when a friend stops accepting us for who we are – faults included…it can become very toxic…and detrimental to our well being.
It really does SUCK!!! I had a friend two years ago end a friendship that started in 1995. We used to make each other laugh every time we were together and shared openly about our struggles. I enjoyed differences in our personalities and was amazed at things he found so easy to do that I struggle with. It really sucks!!!!