I stopped talking to my best friend of 15+ years back in 2021. We were really close. For awhile, every time I dreamt, he was in my dreams. None of the dreams were about him though, he was just in them, kinda like a side character.
Anyway, not gonna get into the specifics, but he did a lot of fucked up stuff to a lot of people, and he also fucked over me and my brother (my brother was friends with as well. My bro is really close to my age and we are super close too, so we have a lot of the same friends). He’s also a pathological liar, like he’ll lie about things that are inconsequential. And he’s someone who never takes responsibility for anything. So he’ll never apologize. But if he ever did, I could potentially see a pathway to building back trust and our friendship.
It sucks when stuff like this happens. But sometimes you have to cut toxic people out of your life. I know your situation is a bit different, but still