Should I end this friendship?

Post date: 2021-04-08 14:48:26

I have a friend that sometimes takes weeks to respond and reply to my text messages and sometimes they forget to reply. Lately, I have been feeling ignored and I am not sure if I should simply end the friendship or wait it out. I have confronted my friend about it, but they said that they were sorry but too busy to reply and needed to focus on their studies.

This friend is entirely dedicated to their university studies, and sometimes, I feel that all they care about is studying to achieve good grades (a relative and another mutual friend of theirs also thinks our friend is a perfectionist with their university studies). I know friends come and go, but I do enjoy their company when we do meet and text. This friend has also asked to meet a few times during covid, but I did not want to risk it, just in case, and perhaps, this is why my friend is taking forever to respond these days - but this friend pre-covid has also taken forever to reply and respond. I am not sure if it is worth keeping this friend if they have not replied to my texts in two weeks, as well as older texts from more than a month ago. It seems that this friend always spends time studying constantly - which is great, but it makes it difficult to socialise at times. Should I wait it out, or perhaps end it, or simply appreciate and respect when they do respond, even if it takes months? I feel like this friend can be self-absorbed at times, forgetful as well, and only seems to respond on their terms. Yet, I understand that university studies are difficult and not easy for everyone. This friend also has a difficult time making and keeping friends as well from the past. We are in our late twenties in university as mature students.

What should I do?

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