I cut contact with an extremely toxic friend a few years ago. Last year around this time frame he reached out and due to loneliness I was willing to give it a chance. In the same conversation he doubled down on being an asshole so I went back to having zero contact. Maybe 6 months ago I started back down that same path of being lonely and wanting to reach out. This time I discovered he had died the month before. At the time it really bothered me, however now... I'm definitely happy I cut contact and never should have doubted myself. There's a reason I don't allow assholes to stay in my life, I just need to remind myself of that on occasion.
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I cut contact with an extremely toxic friend a few years ago. Last year around this time frame he reached out and due to loneliness I was willing to give it a chance. In the same conversation he doubled down on being an asshole so I went back to having zero contact. Maybe 6 months ago I started back down that same path of being lonely and wanting to reach out. This time I discovered he had died the month before. At the time it really bothered me, however now... I'm definitely happy I cut contact and never should have doubted myself. There's a reason I don't allow assholes to stay in my life, I just need to remind myself of that on occasion.