Honestly, fuzzy, I've never had to 'end' a friendship. I've lost friends of course, but that usually happened when we drifted away (because I wanted us to) or I just froze them out, because of rampant BPD. There was no conversation, as perhaps there should have been, to explain, so I was probably not kind.

I have a couple really good friends that I rarely speak to or see--but they are good friends because they know this is how I am, and I can't 'be there' all the time for them. We make it work on the basis of 'need to talk/see/hear' and even then it is no more than once a month or less. Yet, I could count on them in a pinch and they, me.

Ending a love relationship, involves communication. Even then, I've always been the 'ender' not the 'endie'.

*hugs* Good question!