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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was talking about this with a friend of mine recently. Turns out we both had friends who at some point just literally stopped talking to his/her friends. A former friend of mine did this after she quit the place where we both worked. On her last day of work (after working there for two years, becoming friends with a few of us, getting drinks after work, attending events with us) she didn't even say goodbye to people-- she just walked out. That night, I tried to call her and she didn't return any calls. Another coworker reached out-- same thing. She just vanished and seemed to want nothing to do with anyone. It was so strange because I honestly thought we were good friends, and so did others. No one could say what happened, if they had a fallout with her or anything. Everyone thought they were on good terms, and then, poof, gone.

Same time happened with someone in college. On the last day of school she just got really quiet, wouldn't look at anyone and pretty much just disappeared after the last day of classes. I saw her at graduation, where she just gave me a weird smile and looked down, and that was it. This one girl who seemed to be her closest friend was really offended afterward and couldn't pinpoint anything that would have made this person just stop talking to her.

What's the deal with people who do this? One moment you're best friends, the next, they don't even want to acknowledge yo/ [/quote]

[b]Let me repeat this just one more time - WORK FRIENDS ARE NOT REAL FRIENDS. period. sorry.[/b]

Re your college friend, something may have been happening in her personal life that she couldn't deal with/share and so she just shut people out. This happened to me, but I was in my early teens. [/quote]
This certainly is not always the case. But you will know if your work friend is a real friend vs an acquaintance based on how much time you spend together outside of work and talking about non-work related things. [/quote]

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