Burning bridges

Originally Posted by ava lilly

I haven't so much burnt any bridges with people, as much as I have just let friendships deminish. if they're being inconsiderate, rude, excessively clingy, or just one-sided on the friendship then I'll just let us drift apart rather than ending the friendship for good. there's always the possibility that they'll grow out of whatever immaturities they possessed that made me leave in the first place.

I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, so unless they've done something that really sets me off, I'm not going to chuck them out of my life forever. I'll give them chances to improve, but if they're making my life more stressful than it needs to be, then it's time to go our separate ways until they can learn some common courtesy.

That's basically my position. There are plenty of "friends" I have from various circumstances that piss me off in some way, but it's a policy of mine to give everyone more than one chance. If they don't feel like being a good friend to me, fine... I'll just let us drift apart.

I've never intentionally/actively burned a bridge with a friend. It would have to be something pretty heinous for me to do so.

Jam it back in, in the dark.