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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There's no such thing as outgrowing a friend and you can never have too many friends. You don't have to stay besties, but there's no reason to completely drop a long time friend (without cause at least).[/quote]

I 100 percent agree that there is no reason to be a jerk to someone, but as a grown adult, I have, in a respectful manner, had to let some friendships go.  It's not that the people were bad people, or I thought I was cooler.  I have 3 kids, one of whom has significant SN, a full time job, and a husband who works irregular hours as an LEO.  If I am not finding that I have a fair amount to talk about with someone - at this present time, not in the past - I don't honestly don't have the capacity to get together with them with any frequency just for the sake of maintaining an old time friendship.

Again, I am not excusing mean girl behavior, but it is fine to decline invites politely if you are no longer wanting to spend time with someone.  You can indeed have too many friends, if you are not really connecting with a person and your time is a limited resource.[/quote]

We’ve all let some friendships go. That isn’t what happened here, I think?

OP’s daughter invited the other girl to her birthday party, which seems to imply friendship. Then a few weeks later when the other girl asked if she could hang out with OP’s daughter and her new friends, OP’s daughter said no. It sounds like she was a little mean in the texts, or at least unkind.

Come on, ladies. That isn’t what “letting a friendship go” or “drifting apart” means. You dont drift apart in the space of a few weeks, after inviting the other girl to your birthday party. OP later acknowledged that her DD just doesn’t like the other girl. I don’t agree with what the other mom did, btw. But it sounds a lot like Regina George in Mean Girls: “You can’t sit with us!” [/quote]

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