@bookswithamanda212: Sometimes it takes having a friend, who is on the outside looking in, to say something for you recognize a flaw. Outsiders can often see things that you might miss or justify. That can apply to relationships, your own self, careers, etc… I think a lot of people enable their loved ones bad behaviors and poor decision making for the sake of avoiding conflict and I think that’s a poor way to navigate relationships. Hopefully the extreme example of Intimate Partner Homicide helps some of you understand the importance of speaking up and confronting your friends. #friendship #relationships #friends #womanempowerment
I would rather lose a friendship than know I was complacent in her demise.
2026-04-29 15:31:03
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camille 🌙🍸travel + discover :
I think the most difficult part as a friend is knowing how to communicate something difficult without straining the relationship
2026-04-28 21:19:00
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RomanticPervert :
True love from my friends would be this level of honesty
2026-06-26 09:01:03
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ohplsnatagain :
Yes good friends hold eachother accountable!
2026-04-28 18:52:00
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Rashay 💫 | HealingGyal :
“As long as she’s happy” when you in fact know she is not happy but decide to do it anyway
2026-04-29 10:11:56
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Peanut :
Hard watch. Got uninvited from a wedding i wasn’t gonna go to anyway because I tried to have this conversation. Hope it works out.
2026-04-28 22:27:33
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LIMI MONTOYA :
After I got divorced, I was devastated and healing and rebuilding, and in one conversation with my mom, she said to me: “when I first met your ex, I felt so much sadness and I didn’t understand why, and didn’t know if I should tell you because I could see you were so in love. And I didn’t want to upset you. Maybe that feeling was my intuition or a premonition that it wasn’t going to end well for you. I don’t know. But I regret not saying something.” From that conversation on, I made sure to learn to be open to the outside counsel of my family and friends. And I make sure to speak up too.
2026-04-28 18:11:17
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Mal :
My PARENTS bit their tongues and watched me marry someone they hated because I seemed happy. I was not.
2026-04-30 12:18:20
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Mads ⚜️ :
my sister said “dad feels like he failed to show you how a man should treat you” and i made the decision to break up with my ex right that second because i understood why my dad felt that way and it was a HUGE wake up call. idk how much longer it would have gone on if she hadn’t told me
2026-04-28 22:07:55
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Bunny :
THAT is a girl's girl!!! she is 10000% correct.
2026-04-29 02:13:46
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Hannah Lou :
People will absolutely wait to tell you all of the bad things their partner did in the privacy of their relationship until they are no longer with them.
2026-05-01 12:08:19
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La_La_Nancy 💚 :
Real friends tell you the hard truth when everyone is too scared to speak up
2026-04-28 19:43:07
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Little Miss Nokia :
Lost a friend over this and I still stand 10 toes on what I said. Holding people accountable/expressing concern was equaling “judgmental” to them. It’s unfortunate but at the end of the day I truly do hope I’m wrong
2026-04-29 01:35:38
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Becky :
My childhood best friend and I didn’t talk for about 5 years after I expressed how much I disliked her partner, he cheated constantly, she knew and kept going back. Thankfully she’s safe and now has a lovely husband but PHEW, it was a tough conversation that I needed to have, even if it ended our relationship for a few years.
2026-04-29 01:06:26
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writersbleedink :
„as long as you’re happy” they aren’t.
2026-04-30 06:18:45
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dana :
You cannot control people's actions, but I'd rather lose a friend than condone their mistreatment.
2026-04-29 18:01:38
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Jason :
The inability to be honest with a friend is the death flag of a friendship
2026-04-29 21:24:32
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Mmaphuthi 💜🇿🇦💜 :
You can’t keep complaining about someone then be surprised when tell you that person is not good for you
2026-04-29 17:09:16
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cèilidh :
I never stayed quiet, but I did lose friends.
2026-04-28 23:56:24
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Hollie Dazzle :
Sometimes they reject it in the moment but it plants a seed.
2026-04-29 21:03:20
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Lisa :
This doesn’t only apply to friendships. It also applies to family. You speak
2026-04-29 01:47:42
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Wera The Hoes At❤️🔥 :
“As long as they’re happy” I was in 2 toxic relationships, I was not happy
2026-04-30 06:44:09
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matilda5678 :
Even when I don’t think someone’s partner is necessarily I also make sure to tell my friends “you know you can leave and that would be ok” cause there have been multiple times in my life for different reasons in different relationships where I felt I just needed someone to tell me that was an option then I wouldn’t be judged for
2026-05-21 18:37:57
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☆ • ° Liva ° • ☆ :
Please make a podcast girl!
2026-04-29 05:37:18
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Jambean :
I stood with a friend for her wedding to someone I didn’t feel was a good man. I’ve always regretted it.
2026-04-28 21:57:23
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