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So tired of shallow best friend

I can’t do with the bullsh*t no more . Im currently in high school , and we’ve been best friends for so many years . We were really close last year and I would say that was our “pinnacle” of our friendship . Everything seemed to be amazing - we were constantly laughing happy and making memories . But since this year , he seems to be less interested. Whilst i don’t think it’s clear he doesn’t want to back out of the friendship - he just seems more different and not how he used to be.

Every single time we hang out,and when I try to make a conversation - he NEVER SEEMS TO FREAKING CARE . Like I’m sorry that I’m boring you with my conversation .

And the WORST . HE ALWAYS GHOSTS ME ON TEXT . In the last summer vacation , he literally GHOSTED ME . For 2 weeks straight he never replied to a single one of my texts and when he did it’s was so freaking DRY and GENERIC . We had planned to go out so many occasions in the school holidays - BUT HE ALWAYS LET DOWN. He knew that he was ghosting me as well - as he said to me plz don’t think I’m ghosting you , I’m “so stressed out “.

He’s NEVER there if I want to text or even talk about something . He takes FOREVER to reply back to me - but according to my other friends he’s always free to talk to them . Even in the summer , I asked my other friends and they said he wasn’t ghosting them .

Then this year what REALLY PUSHED ME TO THE BOUNDARY , was the I had a surgery in my back this year during the school year. The surgeon said it’s a very painful recovery and can be very lengthy . He DAMN WELL KNEW I was going for a surgery and ghosted me up till the day of my surgery. And even whilst I was recovering at home he barely would even care to check up on me on text . Like seriously , was one FREAKING TEXT that hard to make !??????

AND THE WORST - when I was recovering from surgery I found out that in school his older brother ( who doesn’t like me For NO REASON ) was texting people in my class to tell his brother ( my best friend) to cut me off . Apparently he agreed to this - he claims he didn’t . And he didn’t even tell me about this first - it was when they mentioned it after I came back to school . The fact that he couldn’t even apologise or even back me up against his brother - just really PUSHED me to edge .

I feel like sometimes I’m the only one putting the effor into the friendship - and he can’t even be bothered to At least stay in touch and appreciate the friendship .

Every time we plan to go out he ALWAYS BACKS OUT and makes some fake as* bull**** up . And as always I tell him to Dw bout it . Just recently , we made a plan 2 weeks ago to go eat out on the last day of school. And I KNEW. That he wasn’t going to turn up to school - so I purposefully told him the day before to make sure he comes to school . And we also invited our other friends- but he told them the WRONG DAY. So it really made me feel *****y on the last day of school.

I go to a very small Highschool where everyone knows each other. So it’s really feels like I want to make new friends when I go to college . I’m planning to go to a different college than all my friends - so I’m hoping to make a fresh start .

But seriously - am I bad for feeling like this
Reply 1
Original post by Anonymous
I can’t do with the bullsh*t no more . Im currently in high school , and we’ve been best friends for so many years . We were really close last year and I would say that was our “pinnacle” of our friendship . Everything seemed to be amazing - we were constantly laughing happy and making memories . But since this year , he seems to be less interested. Whilst i don’t think it’s clear he doesn’t want to back out of the friendship - he just seems more different and not how he used to be.
Every single time we hang out,and when I try to make a conversation - he NEVER SEEMS TO FREAKING CARE . Like I’m sorry that I’m boring you with my conversation .
And the WORST . HE ALWAYS GHOSTS ME ON TEXT . In the last summer vacation , he literally GHOSTED ME . For 2 weeks straight he never replied to a single one of my texts and when he did it’s was so freaking DRY and GENERIC . We had planned to go out so many occasions in the school holidays - BUT HE ALWAYS LET DOWN. He knew that he was ghosting me as well - as he said to me plz don’t think I’m ghosting you , I’m “so stressed out “.
He’s NEVER there if I want to text or even talk about something . He takes FOREVER to reply back to me - but according to my other friends he’s always free to talk to them . Even in the summer , I asked my other friends and they said he wasn’t ghosting them .
Then this year what REALLY PUSHED ME TO THE BOUNDARY , was the I had a surgery in my back this year during the school year. The surgeon said it’s a very painful recovery and can be very lengthy . He DAMN WELL KNEW I was going for a surgery and ghosted me up till the day of my surgery. And even whilst I was recovering at home he barely would even care to check up on me on text . Like seriously , was one FREAKING TEXT that hard to make !??????
AND THE WORST - when I was recovering from surgery I found out that in school his older brother ( who doesn’t like me For NO REASON ) was texting people in my class to tell his brother ( my best friend) to cut me off . Apparently he agreed to this - he claims he didn’t . And he didn’t even tell me about this first - it was when they mentioned it after I came back to school . The fact that he couldn’t even apologise or even back me up against his brother - just really PUSHED me to edge .
I feel like sometimes I’m the only one putting the effor into the friendship - and he can’t even be bothered to At least stay in touch and appreciate the friendship .
Every time we plan to go out he ALWAYS BACKS OUT and makes some fake as* bull**** up . And as always I tell him to Dw bout it . Just recently , we made a plan 2 weeks ago to go eat out on the last day of school. And I KNEW. That he wasn’t going to turn up to school - so I purposefully told him the day before to make sure he comes to school . And we also invited our other friends- but he told them the WRONG DAY. So it really made me feel *****y on the last day of school.
I go to a very small Highschool where everyone knows each other. So it’s really feels like I want to make new friends when I go to college . I’m planning to go to a different college than all my friends - so I’m hoping to make a fresh start .
But seriously - am I bad for feeling like this


And don’t even get me started on the fact that he still hangs around with my toxic ex best friend. The fact that my best friend knows he is toxic and knows he treated me - just really feels like a STAB IN THE BACK . So the second I stop being friends with my ex bsf - now all of a sudden u wanna be friends with him and act like he didn’t do anything wrong !!???? I’ve never confronted him and expressed how I feel about this - but now I don’t even have the energy to tell him how I feel
You should tell him how you feel then ghost him, not worth wasting sm energy being ****ed bc he doesn't seem to care and it's better that you tell him how you feel instead of holding it in and regretting it
Reply 3
Original post by Anonymous
You should tell him how you feel then ghost him, not worth wasting sm energy being ****ed bc he doesn't seem to care and it's better that you tell him how you feel instead of holding it in and regretting it


Thankss but idk - I feel really stressed as I’m in the middle of my gcse exams. I’m finishing high school next week so I probably won’t say anything to him but I will just distance my self in the summer from him. And we are going different colleges so I hope to make new friends 🤞
Original post by Anonymous
I can’t do with the bullsh*t no more . Im currently in high school , and we’ve been best friends for so many years . We were really close last year and I would say that was our “pinnacle” of our friendship . Everything seemed to be amazing - we were constantly laughing happy and making memories . But since this year , he seems to be less interested. Whilst i don’t think it’s clear he doesn’t want to back out of the friendship - he just seems more different and not how he used to be.
Every single time we hang out,and when I try to make a conversation - he NEVER SEEMS TO FREAKING CARE . Like I’m sorry that I’m boring you with my conversation .
And the WORST . HE ALWAYS GHOSTS ME ON TEXT . In the last summer vacation , he literally GHOSTED ME . For 2 weeks straight he never replied to a single one of my texts and when he did it’s was so freaking DRY and GENERIC . We had planned to go out so many occasions in the school holidays - BUT HE ALWAYS LET DOWN. He knew that he was ghosting me as well - as he said to me plz don’t think I’m ghosting you , I’m “so stressed out “.
He’s NEVER there if I want to text or even talk about something . He takes FOREVER to reply back to me - but according to my other friends he’s always free to talk to them . Even in the summer , I asked my other friends and they said he wasn’t ghosting them .
Then this year what REALLY PUSHED ME TO THE BOUNDARY , was the I had a surgery in my back this year during the school year. The surgeon said it’s a very painful recovery and can be very lengthy . He DAMN WELL KNEW I was going for a surgery and ghosted me up till the day of my surgery. And even whilst I was recovering at home he barely would even care to check up on me on text . Like seriously , was one FREAKING TEXT that hard to make !??????
AND THE WORST - when I was recovering from surgery I found out that in school his older brother ( who doesn’t like me For NO REASON ) was texting people in my class to tell his brother ( my best friend) to cut me off . Apparently he agreed to this - he claims he didn’t . And he didn’t even tell me about this first - it was when they mentioned it after I came back to school . The fact that he couldn’t even apologise or even back me up against his brother - just really PUSHED me to edge .
I feel like sometimes I’m the only one putting the effor into the friendship - and he can’t even be bothered to At least stay in touch and appreciate the friendship .
Every time we plan to go out he ALWAYS BACKS OUT and makes some fake as* bull**** up . And as always I tell him to Dw bout it . Just recently , we made a plan 2 weeks ago to go eat out on the last day of school. And I KNEW. That he wasn’t going to turn up to school - so I purposefully told him the day before to make sure he comes to school . And we also invited our other friends- but he told them the WRONG DAY. So it really made me feel *****y on the last day of school.
I go to a very small Highschool where everyone knows each other. So it’s really feels like I want to make new friends when I go to college . I’m planning to go to a different college than all my friends - so I’m hoping to make a fresh start .
But seriously - am I bad for feeling like this
It depends i guess you're in highschool are you in final year, because icl ive been ghosting all of my friends and being dry during gcses so i can focus on studies especially if hes saying hes stressed that well could be it. Then again i dont know the circumstances so best of luck w whatever you do
Reply 5
Original post by Anonymous
It depends i guess you're in highschool are you in final year, because icl ive been ghosting all of my friends and being dry during gcses so i can focus on studies especially if hes saying hes stressed that well could be it. Then again i dont know the circumstances so best of luck w whatever you do


Thankss for the advice . But I really don’t think the GCSEs r having much of an impact on him . He really doesn’t care about GCSEs . And he’s been ghosting me occasionally before yr 11 like during the summer
Original post by Anonymous
Thankss for the advice . But I really don’t think the GCSEs r having much of an impact on him . He really doesn’t care about GCSEs . And he’s been ghosting me occasionally before yr 11 like during the summer

Oh then realistically is that the kind of people you want to surround yourself with anyway? Idk there's so many British kids who don't care about their education and I think it's better to be around people who do care anyway to be more motivated to do well, also ik I kinda went on an unwarranted rant mb, but you should probably confront him about it and if he replies negatively juat cut him out, realistically it isnt worth your time trying to spend time with people who dont reciprocate your effort anyway.
(My old friends were the same, like: they were two faced, tiring to be around and really secretive - even though I'd been friends with them for years - so Ive found new friends and honestly I'm much happier)
I hope my incoherent rant made sense lol
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Original post by Anonymous
Oh then realistically is that the kind of people you want to surround yourself with anyway? Idk there's so many British kids who don't care about their education and I think it's better to be around people who do care anyway to be more motivated to do well, also ik I kinda went on an unwarranted rant mb, but you should probably confront him about it and if he replies negatively juat cut him out, realistically it isnt worth your time trying to spend time with people who dont reciprocate your effort anyway.
(My old friends were the same, like: they were two faced, tiring to be around and really secretive - even though I'd been friends with them for years - so Ive found new friends and honestly I'm much happier)
I hope my incoherent rant made sense lol


Honestly thank you so much for the advice . If I could I would confront him about everything but I really don’t want to finish high school on a bad note if u know what I mean. I am going to confront him about the ghosting tho , because I am not going to deal with that BS in the summer .
As someone who did ghost my friends back in the HS, I have come to deeply regret it. They are all very close now without me. So do yourself a favour and let him go, he will realise how lucky he was to have you as friend one day, but by then it’ll be too late. Don’t hold on to people who don’t want to hold on to you.

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