13 People Whose Friendship Didn't Stand the Test of Time

There's a saying, "Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." However, with age you begin to realize that these lines have a deep meaning, because not every friendship can withstand different tests. Sometimes it is even for the best.

• A friend of my wife's got a job as a seller at the market. My wife and I went shopping for groceries. When my wife saw her friend, she decided to support her and bought mayonnaise from her. It turned out to be spoilt.
  A few days later, when she met her friend, she said, "Lora, your mayonnaise is spoilt." And she replied, "I know! But who else could I sell it to?" I've never seen my wife have eyes like this before... © GATCHINA19 / Pikabu
• Invited my friend to come wedding dress shopping with me. A few days later, she posted a picture of me in the dress I picked for my wedding on her Instagram, and tagged me in it. I was on vacation at the time, and multiple friends texted me saying that she had tagged me in this picture. Was able to untag myself and unfriend her before my now-husband saw the picture.
  So, all my friends and family saw me in my wedding dress before my wedding. Not cool for a couple of insta likes. She was not invited to the wedding. © Bogsly / Reddit

• A friend didn't go to university for a week. I decided to visit her. Her mother opened the door and said from the doorstep that it was my fault that her daughter had fallen ill because I hadn't taken proper care of her.
  She snatched the bag of goodies out of my hands, cursed at me and slammed the door. The friend heard all this and didn't even apologize for her mother's actions. I don't have a friend anymore... © Overheard / Ideer
• We were best friends for 15 years. She was my maid of honor. 2 weeks before the wedding, she says she can't be away a full weekend from her baby. She wanted to bring the baby and carry her down the aisle.
  I felt I was tired of being the support when everyone else fails her, and it's time that they stand up and be reliable because I need her support for once. Anyways. She ghosted on me, so I replaced her and when she popped up a week before my wedding, she thought ghosting on me was forgivable, it wasn't.
  She said she still wanted to go to the wedding, and I told her that I've known her long enough to know she's going to be a brat at my wedding and ruin it for me. All because she wouldn't give me an appropriate heads up and acted entitled when I told her no. © grumpygusmcgooney / Reddit
• I decided to match my female friend with an old male friend. I'm married, just had a baby, and my husband is often away from home. I started inviting them to my place together, as if accidentally. Then this friend texts to my husband that I'm cheating on him.
  I asked her why. And she says, "You have a nice husband, and your friend runs to you at the first call." Damn, he was running to see you! I don't have female friends anymore. © my life / Dzen

• When I was in high school, a girl I considered a close friend couldn't afford tickets to see a band we both loved. I saved my pocket money and got her a ticket to see them with me. She was so grateful, she cried.
  But a few weeks later she entered a radio competition to win tickets and meet the band, for her and a friend. She won. She called me up and screamed excitedly down the phone, and I was super excited too because naturally I assumed we were going together.
  She told me she was taking a different friend instead of me and I could give the ticket I had bought for her to someone else. As a 14-year-old, this broke my heart. I would have given anything to have met that band. It was a long time before I did a favor like that for someone again. © Unknown author / Reddit
• In 2000, I was in college. I had no money. And suddenly I accidentally managed to get a job as a promoter in a nightclub. It was a good income. And most importantly, I was appreciated by my management.
  And then one day I was asked to find a deputy. I invited my best friend. She was also paid well, but 4 times less than me. But she was very happy. And I was very happy. We went to and from work together, discussed everything together in our dorm room.
  Suddenly, my boss calls me and demands that I kick my friend out. I reply indignantly, "For what?" The club owner explains that my friend is doing a bad thing. She started undermining me, denouncing me, gossiping about me and insinuating that she would work for less than my salary.
  I was so freaked out at the time. My best friend betrayed me, and my employers stood up for me. © 11ore11 / Pikabu
• I had a friend who I met at university. I was working, earned well, and we basically went out on my money. Later, I met a guy (now my husband) and she met a rich kid, the son of the director of a construction company. She was preparing for the wedding, we were discussing various little things, and suddenly she just disappeared. At that time, I had to leave the university for health reasons.
  And suddenly I saw photos from her bachelorette party and wedding on social media, and I find myself on her blacklist. I asked a mutual friend what was going on. She said that my boyfriend and I were "not good enough." There was no place for "a simple nurse and engineer" at her wedding.
  When we partied on my money, I was apparently "good enough." It's been almost 20 years, we're no longer "a simple nurse and engineer." And the "friend" is divorced and overboard. © kryzjovnik / Dzen

• I got 2 of my friends a job at my place of employment. I knew one of them wouldn’t embarrass me, as we were more like brothers than friends. He was my very first friend and I for him. My other friend though, we didn’t meet until high school, and he was quite a loser, but he had my back and we just had a good bond.
  Of course, it only took about a year before my high school friend was fired. He should have been fired way before that, but my boss gave him a long leash for my benefit. I’m still working for the same company, and so is the other friend I got the job for. © PIG20 / Reddit
• I recently cut off my childhood best friend because he views me as an ATM. I don’t care about money. If I can help someone out, I will with 0 hesitation, but I refuse to be taken advantage of.
  My breaking point was when he was finalizing his wedding party and told me that I was a backup groomsman in case anyone cancels. We’ve known each other since we were 10 years old and have always kept contact even when he moved away, but I’m not important enough to be one of the first people considered to be there.
  During that same conversation, he said that he’d still expect me to attend and hinted at wanting a cash gift from me. We haven’t spoken in a couple of months, and I hope that trend continues for the foreseeable future. © morganfreenomorph / Reddit
• I had a close friend. It just so happened that we were getting married at the same time, and I decided to throw my friend a surprise bachelorette party. I asked her to help me choose a dress, and I brought her to a café instead.
  There her friends were waiting for her, balloons and congratulations. She was shocked, the surprise was a success. But then she said, “You are so immature. You can’t decide anything yourself, you’re always hesitating. Of course, I agreed to go to pick a dress for you.”
  I always thought she was wise and asked her advice, but it turned out that she perceived it as my weakness. I cried at home, and then decided: I’ll be friends with my husband. I haven’t let anyone get close to me since. It’s been 14 years. © Morskaya / Dzen

• I had a best friend, we were friends for 25 years. We worked together, went to each other's weddings, built country houses next to each other, our children were friends.
  My husband worked for a furniture firm that took part in an exhibition. Then the exhibition samples were sold with a big discount. A friend was going to move into a new flat, I advised her to hurry up to have time to buy furniture. She was happy, but while she and her husband were thinking, a week passed.
  When they arrived at the warehouse, there were only leftovers. My friend was indignant, "How come? I was counting on this furniture!" We didn't understand her complaint. The husband is not the owner of the firm. If she wanted something, she should have left a prepayment. © Olga Savina / Dzen
• Had a buddy in school who was a really nice guy but the absolute most negative person ever. Everything was bad and awful, never ever stopped complaining. Walked into the library - too cold, walked outside, too hot. School was stressful enough, and eventually I changed my study group and location, so I wasn't around him, and I just felt a whole lot better and light and happy. © Dr_D-R-E / Reddit

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