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i need to cut off a very close friend of mine that i’ve had for a long time, and i have no idea how to. the thought of confronting her terrifies me and makes me want to puke every time. if you have any advice on this, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Anonymous 44w

With someone like that it's pretty much all or nothing. Confronting them to say you want less could easily blow up. I would just start slowly distancing myself, take longer and longer to respond. Short responses. No emojis. Fade out.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 44w

see that’s what i’ve kinda been doing, and it’s worked okay but not great. it also just makes me feel bad to not be honest with her and give her the reasoning for why i’ve been acting like that towards her yk? i feel like a confrontation has become necessary and im pretty set in my decision it just terrifies me for that reason: it will likely blow up

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 44w

I think you need to be ok with a potential result of the conflict becoming no contact. It's rare for someone to say yes to less.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 44w

yeah, and homes i would be. i think it’s more the confrontation itself im worried about because trying to do so in the past for different things didn’t necessarily go very well

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 44w

although i guess i really don’t have control over that, only my own feelings and actions. still just stressful to think about

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