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Its hard to say how long a friendship lasts.
Other times, a 15-year friendship might end in one day.
She found out that the so-calledfriendused to come sneaking into her house while she was out of town.
She was draining me emotionally, and I was trying to pull away, sheadmittedin one comment.
We all like to vent to our friends about our problems without expecting them to offer solutions.
But some friends or family membersmight overwhelmus with their negativity and constant drama.
Or, as the author of this story put it, constant personal relationship crises.
The unofficial term for these kinds of people is emotional vampires.
Dr. Carla Marie Manlysaysthat we should prioritize ourselves.
Interestingly, thats eight years longer than an average romantic relationship.
A 2023 Pew survey set out to discover how many friends people have on average.
Anthropologist Robin Dunbarhas proposedan interesting idea that a person can only maintain 150 social contacts in their life.
Any more and we would simply find it overwhelming, and the web connection wouldnt last long.
The 15 inside those are yourgood friends, and the five inside that circle are your main support group.
Overall, friendships are essential to people because were social beings.
Loneliness, as the U.S.
Surgeon Generalreported, can be as damaging to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
But that doesnt mean we have to maintain friendships with those who exhaust us.
The point of friendships is to empower and nurture us.
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