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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had to ghost a longtime close friend from college. We had so many great times and laughs together through college and in our twenties as we lived in the same area. We were bridesmaids for each other and had playdates for our kids. Then she and her husband ended up getting a divorce when he cheated on her and she wouldn't forgive him.

The problem was that my husband and this man have become close friends themselves. They work in the same field, and her now-ex is very prominent and well-connected. So it would be professional suicide for my husband to take her side or even to remain neutral. My former friend couldn't believe that anyone who knew what happened would choose her ex over her, and was furious with me for not making my husband stop associating with her ex.

It got to the point where we just couldn't maintain my friendship with her and our close connection with her ex, so I had to drop her. It's not just that he is too valuable a friend and associate for my husband. It's that she played her own part in his cheating by getting too emotional over things we all face and deal with, like her father passing away in this case just as she finished her first trimester for her second kid. She was a mess emotionally and then let herself go while he just became more successful and magnetic. it was similar to what happened to Jeff Bezos's wife where he had a glow-up and she couldn't keep pace. So he found someone who was much more fun and who would look at him now but wouldn't have back then. When I tried to explain this to my now-former friend, she blew up at me and I just don't need that toxicity in my life. So yes friendships have seasons, and sometimes you have to shed the old one to maximize the new one's benefits.[/quote]

Omg. You’re horrible. [/quote]

You are.

I am dumbfounded at the horribleness of this person. A bit of luck for your ex-friend, I say, not to be associated with you ever again.[/quote]

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