Write about a conflict you had with a friend, and how it was (or wasn't) resolved.
The conflict was all on my end, because my friend didn’t realize she’d done anything hurtful. I moved, no one stayed in touch with me. She got engaged, and that was all I ever heard about the relationship. It was like she broke up with me through silence. Never resolved. How can you resolve something when you’re the only one with a problem?
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I had a friendship completely die on me, and the person was still in my ward and I had to see her every week and pretend we were still friends even though we clearly weren't and I never quite understood what had gone wrong. It was awful. I was kind of relieved when she moved to Texas, but I still occasionally read her blog and feel sad that someone who'd been a really good friend mostly just annoys me now (yeah, I read her blog to be annoyed at her; that's how awful I can be!) and apparently I annoyed her, too, or something.
It's really hard, and there's never any sense of closure, no matter how things play out.
My sister once complained that we have a whole process for breaking up with a boyfriend, but no way to break up with a friend. In her case, a "friend" from high school had asked to bring another friend to my sister's wedding (which is kind of a big no-no, since her wedding had a sit-down dinner), and then she didn't even bother to show up! My sister was tired of feeling used by this girl, but didn't know what to do about it.
Um, yeah. So there are my thoughts on the matter! (And a lot longer than 60 second's worth of typing!)
I like these prompts-- they're kind of fun!
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