Thank you guys for your replies.
"they are more on their own with no one to answer to so they can grow more openly without anyone's opinions or questions asking "why the change""
I can understand this very well and can even connect this to my own experiences, you are right.
"You are loved and you are no less loved just because this friendship ended,"
"We cannot and should not look to others for our value. When we do not do that as much (preferably not at all), then things fall into perspective and are not so debilitating... we begin to be responsible towards our own needs, feeling ever less dependent upon the approval of another. "
Thank you for that. You are right I am very much dependent on the approval of others. And I know this doesnīt do my self-esteem and freedom well, itīs something Iīm trying to change.