A former friend I used to hang out with, but then she just cut me off, texted me once not long ago unexpectedly, and said she feels bad for not talking as much as she used to and neglecting the friendship. I feel like she just did that out of obligation or boredom. The reason is because she didn't give a good reason for her cutting me off and she just simply stopped the conversation soon after like she did before. I texted her the next day just to see if she would reply, she did but it was very short lived, she just stopped texting me. So I stopped texting her again.

Do you think she just did that out of obligation or is playing mind games or something? At first I thought she was having relationship problems but she said everything is fine, unless she is just hiding any problems they may have, even though she has been open to relationship problems in the past. She could have changed her ways. The alternative would be that she did it out of boredom or just did it to see how I would react, like a mind game or something.

I didn't go into much of how I felt since I didn't see the point in hashing it out with her. Maybe I will if she does it again but I still don't think it is worth it, it is just best to ignore her I think. I feel like if she really was sorry or really did feel bad, she would actually put in more effort, but she doesn't. It just seems like she said that out of obligation and there is another reason for her reaching out to me. It is possible there are a few possibilities for her reaching out to me.

Either she is having relationship issues and secretly wants to make sure I am still around in case things fall apart as a back up friend, or she did it out of pity, or obligation, or someone could have even guilt tripped her. What do you think? Just wondered. Like I mentioned, I feel like if she truly was sorry and really did care about me as a friend, she wouldn't always end a conversation abruptly, especially if I ask to hang out like she has in the past, or just give very short replies and just acts uninterested. I haven't talked to her since then and I am not going to. I am going back to just simply not talking to her again unless she texts me first.