Need your advice /adv/. I have been friends with someone for around 5 years now. We both have simular interests and play vidya. Recently though, it seems like I haven't been able to even start a normal conversation with him. All I've been doing is shitposting dank memes in our group chat and sending him pics asking him for his opinion on them (not nudes). Haven't been even able to talk to time like a normal friend does. We're both seniors so no underage ban. But all I've done at lunch is show him memes and shit. He got a gf too and I'm still single so that only rubs salt on the wound. Got one in October. I understand he needs to spend time with her too but even so he's been able to talk to his other friends too, even though I'm really the earliest ones he's had. Basically, i'm asking if I should leave him. He's been such an awesome guy but it just feels like we're not as good friends as we once were. We don't hang out as much and don't talk about normal things as much anymore.
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My opinion is that you should not feel that you have an obligation to keep up your contact with that guy. I think that if you want him as your friend, you should keep spending time with him. But if the freindship is not reciprocated and he is distant, then you should just let the friendship fade away. If he is a true friend, he will miss you and contact you again after a while. But like i said, you don't have an obligation to keep being friends with him.