Why I broke up with my best friend of 26 years

When friendships go out with a whimper

Dear Inklings,

We don’t talk about friendship enough in our society, let alone the dissolution of friendships. In this personal essay, I share my experience of ending a 20-year friendship, why I did it, and its aftermath.

This is for those of us who have grieved the loss of friends and didn’t know how to talk about it.

With Love,

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