Why do I always end up hating my friends

Syel · 28 October 2026

At the start, you really liked them. Then one evening their name lights up your phone, and your stomach tightens before you even pick up.

It starts small. She's late again and you say "no worries." He tells you about his week for an hour, you listen, you keep yours for later. You swallow it and smile. I like that you don't want to make a fuss, it shows how much you care about people.

But no "no worries" ever disappears. Each one stays somewhere. One day there's no room left, and what you feel, you call hate. Often it's a long list of things never said, and that list is what you see when you look at your friend. So you reply later, you find reasons. It costs something: people you loved drift off without knowing what was heavy. Does that sound like you?