Best friends are the ones who are with us through thick and thin, through coming and going romantic partners, through just about everything. But for some reason, best friend breakups don’t get as much attention as their romantic counterparts. Why? They’re just as devastating, if not more. Since best friends provide such overall comfort and security, it can feel particularly isolating that someone so close to us is now gone. But friendship breakups are more common than we think, and they can actually release us from relationships that we didn’t realize are either toxic or stunting our growth as a person. It sucks, but like any other breakup, it can be for the better. We spoke to 15 women to learn more about how and why they broke up with their best friend (and vice versa).
