Have you ever fought with a friend to the point you never talked to them again?

[Katherine Kerensky]

Only once, and it felt bad. Don't know if I'd call it a fight or anything, though. Not bad for 23 years, I suppose.
The hardest part is not checking up on them at all. Even though the temptation is there, to just look to make sure they're doing alright, or at least seem happy, I'm forcing myself not to. I have mixed feelings about that choice, but... it's the choice I made, and I make stupid choices.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Yes but usually its because of a huge breach of trust on their part. If I f*cked up, I do let things rest awhile if I need to sort things or if it doesn't feel right bringing myself back into their radar right away.

 

[Zhukov]

Nope.

I've drifted apart from people often enough, or fallen out of contact, but I've never had a permanent split over an argument.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

My friendships don't really snap, they just wear down or we fall out of contact. The only thing that could get one of mine to snap or break is if there was a huge breach of trust, which is unlikely to ever happen because I trust people sparingly.

 

[SecondPrize]

One of my friends just stopped talking to us out of the blue. There was 4 of us in our group, we'd known each other since high school (now we're all 30 or nearly 30) and he just cut all contact about 2 years ago. He was supposed to come to a party for my brother, text me the night before saying he'll be late but didn't show, then text me the day after saying sorry he missed it. I said no worries and we arranged a night out for us all. Not heard from him since then despite several more attempts to contact him. Another of our friends heard from him a week later to arrange the night out but it never happened. He changed his number and XBL/PSN/Steam accounts. There was no argument or anything he just cut all ties with us. My friends mum said she saw him walking towards her down the street once but before he reached her he crossed the road to avoid her then crossed back when they were a good distance apart. That was quite hurtful towards her because she's know him since he was a kid. She still see's him mum every now and again and she says he's doing fine though.

Man that's nuts. That seems like either a mental breakdown or what cults do in forcing new recruits to cut out their social safety nets.

 

[Reasonable Atheist]

I had a very long standing friendship with a girl I used to know, but her new husband was uncomfortable with how close we were with each other and that was that. Guy does not even realize I was on his side, heavy sigh.....

 

[Ieyke]

HA!
I "fired" my entire group of close friends. Upwards of 10 guys who were all douchebags and terrible people as it turns out.

I got real tired of their shit and just kicked them the fuck out. (The actual explanation is an insane drama)
I now have my 4 closest friends (3 women I love and a guy who's like my brother), and then my 20+ casual friends who I mostly knew briefly in real life or only from the internet.

Nowadays I'm very content to be a semi-hermit. I was never a people person to begin with, and getting rid of all those idiots was the biggest relief I've ever felt. As long as these 3 ladies are happy/healthy/safe and I get to hang out with them occasionally.....I'm pretty much good.

 

[Guffe]

Not that I can remember.
That has to be one shit feeling though :/

I've lost contact with some old friends, mainly due to the fact that we study/work/live in different cities and so on.
But never because of something like that.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Plenty of fights, big and small. Worst ones were absolutely over matters of jealousy, that shit doesn't go away very quickly. But none of them were a complete cut-off point, that only ever developed over time as we would go our separate ways and not really be that fussed about hanging out again.

Turns out most of the friends you pick up over the years aren't actually that, many work best when you only see them a couple times a year.

 

[Mr Fixit]

I've not had that happen with friends, but I've told a few family members to fuck off & I've not spoken to them since.

I have one friend that every few months we argue about something & don't talk for awhile, but eventually one of us gives in & we start over. That's happened 3 or 4 times over the past few years. It's an interesting relationship.

 

[Bizzaro Stormy]

Things happen. Sometimes you need to move on from people who are not good for you, or you need to move on because you're not good for them. I have an acquaintance who I've known since I was very young who I no longer speak to. The argument that brought it on we were able to get over, but I realized that any time we had close contact we'd find something to fight about. It didn't make sense to speak after that. I see no reason why we couldn't get along if we bumped into each other, but seeking any sort of close contact would be poisonous to us both.

 

[IDS3Remix]

Had a break up with a friend over a woman, mainly because she was my ex, knew how I felt about her, and he put up a front about hating her guts, and how I could of done better than her when we were going out. Turns out he wanted to see her instead, so when that happened, he tried being covert about it, I found out, then him and I were done with. Her and I still talk because we had a better friendship than she and he did, but a friend who not only broke the bro-code but tried to manipulate my feelings towards someone I was seeing just can't be part of my life. I'm at a point now where I probably would forgive him, as he tried to explain himself to me at least once, but even still, that was a dick move to pull on someone I considered to be one of my closest friends at the time.

 

[Just Ebola]

Only once, really.

My good friend all through highschool and I had a big fight. We lived together and worked together and never really fought, until his girlfriend moved in. I think she had serious mental problems. She mistreated my pets, stabbed herself in the leg when they argued, often stormed out of the house naked (in the middle of winter) and even urinated on the floor from time to time.

Plus she didn't pay rent, so this caused a bit of tension between me and my friend. Eventually I kicked her out, quit my job and moved to a new city. Good riddance to them both.

 

[Mezahmay]

I haven't stopped talking to friends due to a fight yet, only from neglect, apathy, and college.

 

[Fractral]

I've never lost a friend outright due to arguing with them, but I did almost lose one thanks to some issues with his mum.
After a mix-up with him forgetting where she said she was going to pick up, I had to endure a long car ride with her throwing abuse and death threats his way. She kicked me out as soon as she got back to her house and told me to walk home. It was pitch black and I lived a long way off, with several major roads between my house and his- while I wouldn't say it was exceptionally dangerous, it was further than I was comfortable walking alone at night and when my mum found out she was furious.
There had been a few other incidents involving a sort of downward spiral of me being nervous around her and her interpreting that as me being rude, so after that point I basically refused to ever go to his house again and avoided his family where possible. We're still friends, but our relationship has definitely cooled since then.

 

[DanielBrown]

It has happened a few times. The one I remember the most was a stupid fucking misunderstanding.
He was a drinking buddy of mine who I had met through common friends. We were both members on a community site and I noticed he kept looking at my profile, but never said anything to me. Asked him what he was doing and the response I got was "Just laughing at your profile". I don't know why, but I thought he ment he was laughing at me so I lashed out and got really aggressive. He got defensive and aggressive as well, rather than wondering what the hell I was talking about, and after that we never spoke again.
Not much lost though. He was nice, but had a constant need to be the best at whatever... even though I beat him at everything he threw at me. Got annoying really fast.

One of the worst cases I know about is my mothers old boyfriend and his brother. They had a fight like 40 fucking years ago and still resent each other. When their father died I believe they even planned the funeral so that they wouldn't bump into each other...

 

[Frankster]

Happened to me a few times. Not keen on remembering the details more then that though.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Once in my case. A man I considered a friend of some years turned on me in such a dramatic fashion, becoming almost a different person. He made threats and accusations that made my jaw drop. We didn't remain friends after that. I don't want people like that in my life.