Plz explain this to me

India
May 7, 2007 10:04am CST
I stopped talking to some people I'd been friends with for years about 7 months ago because I was sick of the way they treated me and the immature ways they acted. Long story short, they were all horrible influences on me both mentally and physically and I was growing up a lot faster than they were. I saw one of them yesterday at the mall while I was with a friend of mine and he ran up and gave me a big hug and said "omg! I haven't seen you in so long!". I tried to be nice and plastered a huge fake smile on my face even though I wanted to say "you have some nerve....". I haven't talked to (or tried to come into contact with) any of them in 7 months. Why run up to me like I'm your best friend?I've even changed the way I look in hopes they wouldn't recognize me if they ever saw me (plus, it was time for a change or two anyway). A lot of good that did, obviously! What I don't understand is, shouldn't they have gotten the hint by now?
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@jbelle (912)
• Philippines
11 May 07
The way i foresee your problem is that its a lack of communication you tell them honestly that you dont like going with them or make excusses coz you know there are people who are insensitive they dont know that you dont like them or they hurt you. As if nothing happened coz they are insensitive better tell them what made you upset so they wont do that again or they wont treat you the way they want friendship should have understanding but if you really dont want to be friend with them just be friendly by aquintances only like hi-hello friends or else just avoid them ok?Dont put grudges on them if you cant change them its their lost anyway...
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
7 May 07
I don't always understand these things either. I have a friend I dumped over a year ago and he still contacts me from time to time and acts like we're still great friends. It is so annoying. He just won't take the hint that I don't want to have anything to do with him. He hasn't changed on bit and still acts the same and does all the things that made me dump him as a friend in the first place. But on the other hand, I had a friend from years ago that I had to cut off contact with because of his behavior. After a couple years of not even speaking he saw me in a store and called out to be and hugged me and was so happy to see me. He changed and gotten his life back in order and had been wanting to tell me but hadn't gotten up the nerve until that very moment when he saw me again. We didn't maintain the friendship after that just because we're at different places in life (I have a family, he's a bachelor) but I'm so glad that I gave him the opportunity to show me he'd changed instead of still judging him based on how he used to be.
• United States
7 May 07
Maybe, but then some people will make up excuses in order not to feel hurt that you've dumped them. You may have outgrown them, but they may not have outgrown YOU! The fact that they haven't tried to contact you in 7 months says a lot about how much they treasured you. Cohorts, not friends, really. Try to be polite to these people when you do run into them, they have their own problems to deal with, and purposely hurting people and making enemies is never a good idea. You never know when one of them might be in charge of hiring for that job you really really want!