How to Handle a Fair-Weather Friendship
Friendships are important to most people; your friends are your extended family and are there for you through thick and thin, good and bad. Unfortunately, not all friendships are healthy. A fair-weather friend, unlike a true friend, is someone who is always around when life is good and who views your friendship as beneficial to her in some way. However, the moment life is less than perfect and you no longer provide her with any benefit, she is nowhere to be found. Dealing with a fair-weather friend is tiring, time-consuming and often irritating; this type of friendship is considered toxic.
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Speak to your friend about her behavior. Explain to her that she comes across as a fair-weather friend; perhaps she doesn't realize how she behaves and is willing to become a better friend. Giving her a chance is kinder than simply ending your friendship without allowing her the opportunity to prove herself as a good friend.
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Limit your interaction with your fair-weather friend. Allow her the opportunity to prove her friendship to you after you speak with her, but limit your contact. If she is really committed to working on your friendship, she will put forth the effort to contact you and spend time with you.
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End your friendship, if your talk hasn't changed your friend's behavior. Stop taking her calls, stop calling her and stop interacting with her completely. Chances are she won't care much, as she didn't make the effort to save your friendship in the first place. Toxic friends are bad for your health and happiness; eliminate them when you realize who they are.
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