I do understand artchick when she says you invest time in making a friendship and then people just cut off contact. This is really true when your friend is the opposite sex and a man comes into their life - that's always been the painful end for me. I've been through it enough to recognize this is just the way humans react - priorities change. It's just a damn shame and it has killed me in the past. You lose a friend and you never feel comfortable trying to climb back into their world. My problem is people are always leaving - they never stay.