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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 5 days ago

An old friend moved across the country to where I’d been living for a few years. About two months later he lost his job due to skipping a shift to go party (small town → big city move).

He then neglected to find another job so when I tried talking to him about it, he got angry then disappeared and drove back to our home state that night.

[–] yool_ooloo@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

A good friend of ten years ghosted me after his wife left him. My wife and I helped him through a lot of it, then he just went incommunicado. I'm still not sure why as he won't return my calls, texts, or emails.

[–] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Considering that the last person I knew online was a "friend" (something I'm really not sure, because I guess I'm not even sure what friendship is?), the person accused me of using AI to talk to her, because I often seem cold and emotionless (even though I'm just numb due to events that has been happening throughout my entire existence, and I guess that's different from not being able to feel emotions).

Speaking of offline people, the last person I knew (also not sure whether it was friendship or not) betrayed my trust, they did a thing behind my back, a thing that I became aware of, but the same person continued to hide it from me and insisted of referring to me as "friend".

Well, maybe I never had friends at all, and I guess I won't as I'm now in my 30s. It's okay, as I often mentally repeat to myself, every coffin can only hold a single body anyways (apologies for this memento mori).

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Yes, I've never heard of anyone making a friend past 30. Impossible!

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

I asked someone to stop saying “half 5” as a time since it was ambiguous & confusing, especially given that we weren’t in an English-speaking country & folks come from all over (many culture this means one thing or the other, while many—including where I grew up—don’t even use it as an expression). I asked a few times, then another time we were gonna meet up, I asked him “half five ha” “so what time do you really mean?” “half 5” …so I just didn’t show up, wasn’t in the mood. We haven’t really talked since.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I had to look that up and I've always lived in an English speaking country. Such a weird way to say 5:30.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

4:30 in the Netherlands & German IIRC

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