I'm very sad to say one of my best friends thinks it's best that we both go our seperate ways. They've been feeling left out recently as I've been going out a lot with one of my other friends - I completely understand why he would feel left out.. But he doesn't always want to leave his house and as he hasn't been working in ages, he can't really afford to do certain things with me. So it's not as if I've deliberately left him out and haven't tried to be there for him!!

This is particularly sad because for a long time, it was just me and him and after he moved away, we could only voice note each other over WhatsApp.. We would chat about everything all day, we are very much the same and have been there for each other through lots.. He doesn't really have any other friends and now he's in a new town, he's completely isolated.. I should note my friend and me both have had challenges with our mental health and still do so there's always been some deeper common ground /understanding of each other..

In some ways I always only ever really felt comfortable confiding into this friend above any of my other friends because we're both autistic.. I always felt more understood and less judged.. And now that he seems to be upset about my new friendships, he's wanting to cut ties.. It's all very sad but I'm prepared to accept this. I have no hard feelings and I still care about my friend, I'm sad to see them go.
What are your experiences with losing friends and dealing with the loss afterwards??