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If you haven't heard of the campfire theory of relationships, I highly suggest looking it up. Your old friends were there at that point for some reason; however, you are now at a different stage of your life, and that stage may require new friends. To be honest, I have 0 friends from my childhood, and that used to bother me; then having just a handful of friends from highschool and that used to bother me too; the same goes for college and so on and so forth. When I moved out of the country, I had an amazing network of friends, or so I thought, but with time, they too were no longer in my life. Now that I am older, I realize I could sit and think about how they were bad friends and think ill of them; however, I choose not to. They were there for a reason, and we had fun. Now I have met new people, and some I would definetly would call friends, but if we move on from each other, it is what it is. I do have a small handful of friends that have stayed from high school and from my college days, and there is something special in that for sure. Does the constant rotation of people in my life stop me from opening up to new people? Not at all. If I feel like we click and they do not drain my battery (energy suckers is what I call them) I allow them in. I am not for everyone, and everyone is not for me. Relationships do start to look different the older we get; that is for sure. 

Finding good friends can really change your perspective on the world, it is honestly the best part of getting older, the 'giving a shit' phase slowly starts to fade away. I'm so glad that you were able to be honest about your feelings with your friend!

Your bio says you're 29, so let me say this from personal experience: when you go through menopause, it completely rewires your brain, and your "give a fuck" completely breaks down, and you realize you just have no time or mental energy for people's bullshit any more. It's like you become a whole new person. It's so liberating. That said, enjoy your youth as long as you can. Make the most of it. 

Great way to put it!

This is always a good feeling! when you start letting go people who only hold you back life becomes so much better. Relationships of any kind should never feel forced or draining. I'm happy for you ^_^

I value you!

And i am so glad that you are learning this about friendships. I have reached that point in life where I walk away from people who don't value me or my time or who expect me to put my peace aside for them. I know that sounds narcissistic. But I would rather have a few friends where we value each other than 100s of acquaintances who don't. 

And I am proud of you for giving your friend's husband a second chance. With some folks, you gave to crack the nutshell to get to the yummy insides (that sounds weird, but I hope you know what I mean). I have often been told that I am hard to get to know... my usual response is to ask if they made the effort. 80% of the time they don't. 

Aww thats awesome im glad u found good friends!!

distancing myself from that kind of friend group was the best decision i've ever made. i'm glad you've found your people, twin.

That's awesome!! Hooray for loving choices! I'm certainly taking notes. 

I really don't know what tho say, but this one is well written and good to know that you're happy with your choices so far. :)

It's actually great to have matured friends around you that also value you.

You definitely need people like that.

I love that you were able to be open & honest with her!! And that you're willing to give her husband another chance. My husband has a very off-putting personality & people are often surprised at what comes out of his mouth lol, but they don't know him like I do & I wish people would give him more of a chance. I hope the next time goes a lot better. 

this has been one of the best parts about adulthood im ngl. I have so much more choice over the people I associate with. If somebody is behaving poorly, violating trust, doing whatever, I don't have to be around them (via school, class, etc).