Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They (1) friendship to last forever. Unluckily, even the best friendship can end.
With time on, many friendships end because of a change in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses its importance and finally (2) .
Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over (3) I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”
Peter explained, “We started seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”
Sometimes friendships break (4) suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.
Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to another. From then on we (5) made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”
Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. (6) of us were always busy with new jobs, so we didn’t keep (7) touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him even if I went home.”
Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says,“ Generally it’s true that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met. However, if they change in (8) directions, the friendship most probably will be lost.”
No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always some (9) of loss. When (10) can be done to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on to build new friendships.
May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!