Share

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.

Article image

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.

Home security cameras in a modern living room setting.

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.

Text discussing woman breaking into a friend’s house while out of town, raising friendship concerns.

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.

Text about friendship struggles and personal crises, emphasizing the exhaustion from constant relationship issues.

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.

Text from a person explaining they went out of town after installing a new security system at home.

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.

Text exchange about teaching daughter to watch home cameras with pets.

The point of friendships is to empower and nurture us.

Check out the results:

A woman views a home security video on a tablet, showing a living room, emphasizing home intrusion and surveillance.

Text about nighttime security camera footage in a friend’s house.

Text on a screen describing a woman using a phone flashlight to inspect a friend’s house while she is away.

Text exchange about a woman entering a friend’s house uninvited, mentioning searching the garage for a container.

Person holding a red flashlight in the dark, symbolizing breaking into a friend’s house.

Text conversation about security cameras capturing a friend’s unexpected indoor presence.

Friend admits entering house for art supplies, causing a cat to escape.

Text exchange discussing a woman sneaking around a friend’s house with a flashlight, causing discomfort.

Woman on phone, upset, discussing a friend breaking into her house while she’s away.

Text image discussing boundary issues between friends.

“AITAH For Ending An 8-Year Friendship After My Cameras Recorded Her In My Home?”

Text message about relationship advice after friend broke into a house, feeling upset.

Text reveals a conversation about ending a toxic friendship after a woman laughed off breaking into a friend’s house.

Front porch of a house with two chairs and a black cat, related to breaking into a friend’s home story.

Text discussing forgiving a friend for breaking into a house and giving another chance.

Text expressing frustration and questioning if breaking into a friend’s house was wrong.

Text message revealing a woman breaking into a house without a key.

Text update about boundaries and repeated incidents between friends.

Text about friendship, forgiveness, decision, and security in relationships.

“AITAH For Ending An 8-Year Friendship After My Cameras Recorded Her In My Home?”

“AITAH For Ending An 8-Year Friendship After My Cameras Recorded Her In My Home?”

Reddit comments discussing a woman breaking into a friend’s house while out of town, warning of theft.

Social media comments discussing a woman breaking into a friend’s house, emphasizing boundary respect.

Text exchange discussing a woman breaking into a friend’s house, highlighted by user reactions.

Reddit comments discussing breaking into a friend’s house, mentioning BPD, NPD, and narcissism.

Discussion comment about boundary issues, with responses on a friend breaking into a house and not taking security seriously.

Text exchange about a woman breaking into a friend’s house and lack of friendships.

Woman criticized for breaking into friend’s house, comments suggest changing locks.

Text conversation discussing a woman who broke into her friend’s house while she was out of town.

Discussion on recovery from addiction and setting boundaries in a comment exchange.

Online comment discussing a woman’s inappropriate entry into a friend’s house while she was out of town.

Reddit comment discussing personal relationships, with one user responding thoughtfully to another.

Comment exchange about friend breaking into house while out of town, justifying actions against criticism.

Comment criticizing friend for breaking into house, emphasizing lack of permission when the owner is out of town.

Comment discussing concerns about breaking into a friend’s house, suggesting changing locks.

Text exchange discussing taking away keys after an unannounced entry; advice on controlling house access.

Reddit comment criticizing a friend’s inappropriate behavior while out of town.

Comment advising change of locks after a friend breaks into an unattended house.

Comment criticizing a woman’s boundary-crossing behavior, emphasizing the need for privacy and prioritizing personal peace.

Text showing a comment urging forgiveness in a dispute over breaking into a friend’s house.

Text comment criticizing a woman for breaking into a friend’s house, mentioning friendship destruction.

Comment criticizing woman for breaking into friend’s house.

Comment criticizing a woman for entering a friend’s house without permission while she’s away.

Text comment criticizing a woman for breaking into a friend’s house and not facing consequences.