Has anybody ever have a longtime friend stop answering the phone and you don't know why?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, yes. She and I had never even had a falling out of any kind so it was really puzzling when it happened to me. All you can do is reach out and make an attempt to find out the deal. (Maybe she's going through something right now and doesn't want to talk to anyone about it? Maybe she's fallen into a new crowd and doesn't want to deal with her old friends anymore?) Just let her know that you're still here if she ever wants to talk about it, but if they still don't respond, then you have to just let it go and assume she has her reasons.

Answer 2

I've been the long time friend to quit answering the phone. I can tell you why I did it, but it's probably not the same for you. I knew my friend for about 5 years and it was a totally one sided friendship. She always needed something from me and never gave anything in return. I'm not a needy person and didn't need anything from her, but at the same time, I don't want to be taken advantage of and she needed something so often it seemed that's what she was doing. To make matters worse, we lived in the same apartment complex so she always knew when I was home and would come over unannounced all of the time. She would also call and if I didn't pick up she would say things like, "I see your car is home, why aren't you picking up?" These types of things would happen several times daily. She also always needed money and when I would loan it to her she would never pay me back. She ended up moving away a couple of years ago and I figured that would be a good time to make a clean break. So, I haven't talked to her since.

I don't think she realized what she was doing when she was doing it, but I'm not confrontational enough to tell her I was having a problem with some of the things she was doing.

Well, there's my answer. Hope it helps...

Answer 3

I have had a plethora of friends do that, we grew apart, and they started getting into things I didnt want to, and they were single while I was dating so it sort of stopped becoming fun to hang out with me, who had settled down. i didnt know that but that was the idea I got from their attitidues and just no longer calling or answering. It's a tough call, the bes thing I have done is left messages and calling or emailing because they responded to emails after a while, but still kept it short. If they are refusing to even talk to you, back off and give it time. Good luck!

Answer 4

ya yet i'm no longer a telephone man or woman - I merely block human beings on msn . And the human beings I do want to seek suggestion from develop into mean for some reason. and that i stay with my kinfolk and so i'm trapped =(

Answer 5

Maybe its because they went MIA! If a longtime friend wants to talk to me, then that's fine! Other then that, I continue to move forward with my life!

Answer 6

Well recently the Z morning zoo on z100 was talking about how you should cut some friends off and how to do it, not answering or returning phone calls were on of the things they suggested.......

Answer 7

I suggest sending them an e-mail or snail mail letter, and share your concern about them, as well as an advance "blanket" apology for anything you might have accidentally done or said that offended them. Reassure the person of your sincere wish to remain friends and to keep in touch.

Answer 8

no, but i am the one who stopped answering....for me, it was simple, our friendship just got to be too draining and one sided.
My former best friend only thought her problems with drugs, alcohol, depression, weight gain--pretty much everything and anything---were more important than anyone elses, mine included. I have been going thru a rough time with a critically ill parent and infertility problems of my own and once after a 3 hour conversation about the infertility doctor stuff --she actually said "so when are you gonna have a baby?"--WTF--that was the final straw for me--it just confirmed what everyone else had been saying to me for years, that she only cared about herself and never listened to anyone elses issues. Maybe your friend just had to end it for her/his own piece of mind or sanity, or maybe they just got sick of trying to make something out of a dead friendship.

Answer 9

Maybe they ate a bullfrog and are afraid of the social reprocussions inherently associated with sounding like a bullfrog every time they speak.

Answer 10

yes i have and later found that he was in a horse accident and parylized for life and found he will never walk again...he is in a nursing home. i visited and it would of been better if i hadn't found out.it was pathetic- in loving memory of CRC, he is a vegetable now