This topic came to mind because this week I was contacted by a former friend I cut off 7 years ago. He was 1 of 3 friends I cut off. We were friends for around 15 years. He was always contacting me for advice and complaining about other friends. The friend group we were in had regular passive aggressive dramas. People being mean or cold to others for seemingly no reason. When I broke up with my ex 7 years ago, I noticed a few friends became distant. I couldn’t understand why and nobody would tell me what was wrong. The friend I later cut off stayed in regular contact and was very interested in what caused the breakup. Long story short, I discovered he was trying to hook up with my ex and spreading false rumours about me to other friends - rumours he got from my ex about me mistreating her when the opposite was true. So I cut off him and 2 other friends who believed him and froze me out instead of trusting in me or talking to me about it. I’ve had zero regrets ever since. My life has 90% less drama and it’s only after I cut him off that I realised he was the catalyst for most petty dramas that happened in the 15 years I knew him. He swore people to secrecy so it never became public that he was playing people against each other. submitted by /u/D-1-S-C-0
Originally posted by u/D-1-S-C-0 on r/AskMen