Can Friends Break Up?

You hear about people breaking up in relationships but how about in friendships? Why is it harder to break up with your friends than with your boyfriends?

It's completely normal to grow up and move on from your boyfriends and girlfriends. And there doesn't have to be an obvious reason like he cheated on me, he lied to me... Otherwise the reason, "It's not you, it's me would have never been invented". You can break up with them for no reason other than you don't want to be with them anymore. Why can't the same thing apply to your friends?

We grow in life yet most of us still have friends from our childhood, whether we want them or not. Without a great act of disloyalty or betrayal, our friends are for life. That's a lot of pressure for those four year olds in the sandbox. Look around little one you are sharing your shovel with someone you will know for a very long time.

Friendships develop out of many reasons - history, common interests, and especially need. But when those don't apply anymore, why does the friendship still linger? Why can't we go to our friends and say, "it's not you it's me" or "we no longer have anything in common and I don't think we shouldn't talk anymore". Why can't it be that easy for you to get rid of what is now a toxic friend holding you back even though they never did anything wrong?