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aerknight
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How do I stick with a break?
Relationship Stress / by aerknight
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 February 22nd, 2021
...See more I've recently decided to take a break from my best friend and another friend that I'm close to. My best friend has been a very difficult mix of someone who constantly says he wants to support me (and has been very supportive), yet it feels like he often invalidates my feelings, accuses me of not giving him enough attention, and makes me responsible for his emotions to the extent that he will drag me out for 2-hour long fights at 3am and accuse me of being a bad friend and then tell me he just feels sad. My other friend has picked up a habit during quarantine where should would come to my apartment to hang out, but then from 2am to even past 6am at times have fights with me and insist that she hates people. There was even this one time where I just tried to go to sleep (lay down in my bed) and she still attempted to argue with me. Half the time she says she doesn't remember these incidents because we had drank the night before. I know everyone has their flaws and it's hard for me to not want to help them. However, after speaking to a great listener here she helped me understand that we need boundaries, that this situation is out have hand, and that it's not my responsibility to fix it. What have your experiences been with taking a break from your friends and how did you know when to end it? What did you expect from your friends?
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