How to Divorce a Friend

This is a VERY interesting way of putting it. Over the past few years, I have felt the exact same way, and have done the same. With two different people. I never looked at it as a divorce...but that's what it is. One was friend, the other a family member. Neither is easy, and I still think about them, but now my phone rings a lot less and I don't have to sit there and let them use me as an "emotional punching bag" as someone once put it. It's hard enough in this life to stay positive for yourself and your family. When people who are really depressed ( and psychotic) dump their sob-stories on you all the time...it can be quite draining. I got tired of hearing about how bad their day was going. Lately, I've been having many good days. I am deleting all the negative baggage in my life...in more ways than one...people, clutter in my home...cleaning out my closets...literally!!! Thanks for your article! Great stuff!!

Thank you for this! When it comes to toxic people, divorce is the only answer. Often I think women in particular hold onto old friends for sentimental reasons, even though they have nothing in common anymore. What bonds people as kids, teenagers, and adults, are very different things.