#FriendshipGoals: Can your friends maintain relationships with people you dislike?
Are we as mature as we would like to believe?
Life without friends would be so boring.
We might not be referring to (the best) series, instead, we are in fact talking about those people in your real life.
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But, unfortunately, no matter how long you've known someone or how close you are, the relationship might have to come to an end.
Whether it was a platonic relationship, a romantic relationship, co-workers, family, it doesn't matter. Not all things are meant to last forever.
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Now you might no longer associate with the person in question, but how deeply integrated were they in your life? Were they close with your other friends? Were they BFFs with your parents?
If that is the case, then it might be easy for you to remove this person from your life completely, but they could still feature heavily in the lives of those around you.
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So would it be wrong of us to expect our friends and family to stop associating with the person in question as well or is that too 'high school'?
Stacey seems totally okay with it.
I've grown up and I no longer care. I might just be guarded with some intel.
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Seems simple enough.
J Sbu, on the other hand, does not think it's as easy as that:
No, it's definitely not my vibe. That being said, it might also depend on what the person did.
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So, ultimately, your friends and family can hang out with the person you cut ties with depending on what the situation for the break-up, platonic or otherwise, was.
It might also only come with age.
Stacey and J Sbu decided to ask KZN what they thought about picking sides and maintaining relationships:
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