I stopped being the one who called – and within eight months I had confirmed, without a single confrontation, exactly which friendships were real
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There’s a version of friendship maintenance that looks like effort but is really just anxiety wearing a social mask. For years, I was that guy. Always the one to send the first message, book the catch-up, chase the response. I told myself it was because I cared. Turns out, part of it was fear. Fear that if I stopped reaching out, the silence would tell me something I wasn’t ready to hear.
So one day, I just stopped. Not dramatically. No big announcement. I didn’t send the ̶
So one day, I just stopped. Not dramatically. No big announcement. I didn’t send the ̶
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