Friendship is a very vital part of life it helps people to obtain good qualities such as

trustworthiness, honesty, dependability, and responsibility. It also provides people with

opportunities to interact positively with society. Friendship often grant people happiness in
knowing that they have others to turn to for answers when dealing with rough situations and also
with which to simply enjoy life. However, though friendships are fairly easy to first develop, they
are sometimes to a challenge to sustain. Many problems can lead to injury of, and often, the
destruction of friendships.
             Various factors can influence the termination of friendships between people. These
factors bring to the relationship distrust, resentment, and possibly an ultimate hatred between the
two peoples involved. Among the most common reasons for the ending of friendships are
distance, changes in each person, competition and envy, money and favors, over dependence
and betrayal. Distance can ruin relationships because the close bonding is diminished due to the
miles between the two friends. Changes in each person can affect friendship because when one
or both friends change in different ways, they no longer share the interest that brought them
close together. Envy between friend's because of another's success can also hurt the
relationship because it causes spite. Money and favors usually always worsen relationships
because they cause resentment between friends when not repaid. Over dependence can destroy
a friendship because it is not actually a friendship but simply a sort of illusion. Betrayal causes
distrust between two friends which obviously leads to a friendships end.
             One of these factors had a dramatic impact on a good friendship of mine which
eventually led to its end. Changes between he and I ultimately tore us apart. We had been
friends for as long as I could remember We both attended the same grade school and we always
had the same class...