5 Signs your Friendship isn’t “The One.”

How many friends do you consider to be true friends?

Three? Two? One? As we get older, we realise quality is more important than quantity. In life, it’s hard to find authentic love, but sometimes it’s also hard to find authentic friends. We’ve all had at least one friendship that went sour. Often, it happens after we’ve been ignoring that sneaky gut feeling telling us that something just isn’t right for quite a while. But sometimes it really is hard to spot.

These are some of the classic signs your friendship isn’t really the right one:

1. If you don’t reach out, you never see or hear from them.

We all get busy at times — work, family dramas, tragedies, or sometimes we just need some private time. But when one friend never calls or responds to texts, cancels last minute every time an outing is planned, or responds to messages like 10 weeks later, it comes across as though they don’t really care. Effort needs to come from both sides. If that friend never has time for you, ask yourself, is this really what a true friend does?

2. You need help…and they’re not there.

When they need something…they’re quick to ask, and you’re quick to give support. But when you’re in…