I think it’s more that I’m outgrowing the friendship-at least for now. There doesn’t need to be a dramatic end or confrontation. She’s not reached out to me lately and the last few times I did, I got the impression that she didn’t want to see me. So that made me reflect more on some of the stuff that has been unsupportive coupled with witnessing the instability and poor choices she’s been making. I don’t take ending close friendships lightly. It could be that a break is what’s needed and greater communication around boundaries later if we get close again. The thing is that I’ve communicated various times that I’m unreceptive to unsolicited advice before. People tend to think that because you state something that it means you want their advice. I try to ask people before I offer unsolicited advice. If she had approached the idea of me cutting out other family members in a more compassionate manner, it would have been received differently.