Woman asked for a “low maintenance” friendship but gets upsed when she is treated as such, leaving friend wondering if the low maintenance only applies for her: ‘She also said bringing up friendship issues over text makes her anxious’ – FAIL Blog

I had a friend who became really distant when she found a boyfriend; at first, I thought that was really offensive, and I tried talking it through with her. Of course, she denied almost everything and said we could try working it out; some time passed, and nothing changed. I decided to sit back and move on with my life, radically accepting how things were, sitting with my own emotions and rationalizations. I got to a place where I was thankful for what actually remained in my life and didn’t dedicate much thought to what wasn’t. This friend turned out to be one of the things that weren’t part of my life. I truly don’t hold a grudge today for her, but this grief went through many stages. Sometimes, no matter how many times you speak about something, you can’t change the reality that some people don’t make efforts to keep you close, and that’s not an insult to you or to anyone; it just is.