05 Mar 2022 | 5 mins
Overview

  • You haven't LIVED until you've had weird, uncomfortable and downright toxic friendships crop up in your life. Here are some prime examples we've all had 🥵

Friendships are weird. You just kinda decide you like them enough to do stuff together forever. 🌈 Cute. But there's a darker side to friendships too. It can be an absolute nightmare navigating toxic friendships in HS, then when you think it's finally over you have to do it all again at uni or in the workplace. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Here are some friendships you've probably had (and lost) along the way. 🌚 

The one who only ever talks about themselves

We've all had a self-absorbed Sophie in our lives. 😵‍💫 If you've still got one in your life, get rid! It's draining as heck to have a mate who never asks about your day or like...anything at all. You're always there for them through their drama but give you radio silence when it's your turn to ask for advice. Not here for it.

The family friend you dont really wanna hang with

Ah yes, the one where your Mum and their Mum have been mates, like, forever and you have to go over to each others' houses. The older you get the more you realise they're not for you. Maybe you've tried to hang out a bunch and it just feels, well, forced. Awkward. 😬

The holiday bestie you're convinced you'll never lose touch with

I've made so many wholesome holiday besties. 🌞I can't even remember half of them. Y'know, the one's where you instantly click on vaycay and insist you'll visit each other all the time, message a bunch and...then it just kinda slows down. Then stops. Then you have them on insta forever and passively like their photos but that's pretty much it. That's life gang. 😭

The school mate you have nothing in common with 

I had best mates in HS that, in retrospect, were a bit mean to me and pressured me into things. Like a cheeky durry in year 7 🚬 or flooding the bathrooms (I was only 6 - gimme a break). I ended up finding my tribe at uni - my HS friends just didn't cut it. We weren't alike in any way and had just been put together randomly cause of our age. C'est la vie. 💁🏼‍♀️

The one you cant be alone with (ever. Yeah nah no thanks)

These kinda mates give me heart palps. 😰 You know the ones who are mates of mates, or in your group but you guys never hang just the two of you. Or your partners' mates, who you don't really like that much? Yeah. Don't leave me alone with them to make excruciating small talk under any circumstances or I'll turn into the most awkward freak in the room.

It's practically a rite of passage to have endured these types of friendships, but now you know you're not alone! 😘