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Sooo...what should I do?

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Hey everyone! :)
So, I have this friend who I was pretty close to last year. We used to hang out heaps, talk all the time & stuff. Anyways, this year things are different & it seems like we are no longer friends. Honestly, I feel like that I do not know him. I'm lucky to get a hello from him, if we're in the same room with a group of friends I would be completely snubbed by him & he has actually pretended that he doesn't know me straight to my face. Far from the friend who said that he was always there for me! The only times that he actually talks to me is if I confront him face to face. I know that at the start of the year he got offended at me over something & says that he's over it. But honestly, I don't think he has gotten over it by the way he is acting!

I've approached him before face to face asking if I had offended him & he thought that I was offended by him. And now, over the last week, I have learnt that I am actually angry & upset by it all. It's been going on for months. And I am SOO over it! I know I shouldn't be offended. I've prayed about the friendship & whether it is the end of it & God has revealed twice that it is not the end of the friendship.

So...my question is what can I say/do to repair the friendship & get it back? I have no idea!
Thanks! :)

PS: Sorry that this was so long! :thumbsup: to those who managed to read it all through! Hehe :p
 

mahlalie

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No offense, but it sounds like pure, stupid high school drama in which I managed never to involve myself. Nevertheless σκύβαλα happens, right?

I have found that you can't force someone to be your friend on your own terms. It really, really sucks to see your friends slip away. Sometimes they come back; sometimes they don't. Keep him in your prayers, but you can't worry yourself about something outside of your control. Just be there for him if he wants, and pray for him if he doesn't.
 
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He sounds a bit unstable and paranoid. I share similar problems, but he may really just not be worth it. You can only do so much. Apologize for anything you know you have done or have done being unaware and encourage him to tell you when something has hurt him because you don't want to do that, I imagine, but that's the most you yourself can do.
 
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