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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need a break from this person. She doesn’t understand other people’s POV so I doubt she’s going to be receptive to a conversation. Over the last week, I’ve been ignoring her calls and texts. I will “thumbs up” or “laugh react” over text but that’s about it. [b]She has called me over 25 times in the past 3 days and texts me asking when I can call her back.[/b] I have replied that I’m extremely busy this week (and I am!).

Is it okay to pull away from a friendship without explicitly telling the person that’s what you’re doing?

Fwiw: I just need like a few weeks without her constantly calling and texting me. I’m not ghosting her and it’s not going to be forever. I just need to get my bearings in my own life right now. [/quote]

Is she going through some kind of crisis that would make the bolded behavior at all appropriate? If it was not a crisis and someone called me 25+ times and texted me asking me to call back, I would tell them "That is way too many calls, I do not want to talk to you that often, and this is making me not want to talk to you at all."

I get that you don't want to have a confrontation, but this person's behavior is really rude and if there is not some situational thing that explains/excuses it, I would call it tf out. And stop reacting to the texts. If you're not communicating with her, don't respond at all to the texts. Leave them unread. Engaging with her is why she keeps calling. [/quote]

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