u/Dizzy-Dream5743

Does season 4 get better or should I stop watching? Lmaoooo

Yall I can’t stop smelling it. Tell me you smell it too.

Hey guys! I ( 31F ) have this friend( 32F ) who I’ve known since we were very little. Over the years we’ve stayed friends. Sometimes we text every day, but sometimes we will text only a few times a week.

For the last couple of years this friendship has been taking a toll on me mentally. She tears me down a lot. She’s in therapy to handle situations like this and I do have to admit, she’s improved a ton in this area. In the past when I brought up issues, she responded very well to them and apologized very thoughtfully to my feelings.

Over the last 3-4 years though, every time we hang out it feels great in the moment, but then later I think back on things she said and realize how rude they were. And sometimes it leaves me feeling so awful. In the moment I just laugh it off and joke around. I never make things feel awkward.

I’ve been trying to let the friendship slowly fade out by not texting often. Sometimes forgetting to reply. But this friend is persistent with asking me to hang out. And I just do not know how to decline. It’s always planned so far in advance that I don’t know how to avoid it.

I just want to stop feeling like shit after we hang out. Any advice on how to distance? I don’t exactly want to have the conversation with her about it. Like I said above, she is very apologetic. I just don’t think that she’ll ever really change and I don’t want to keep feeling this way.