Topic: Friendships are an integral part of a person’s life.

Unfortunately, some of these

relationships do not last. Write an essay highlighting some of the reasons that
friendships sometimes die.

1. Introduction

Friendship is a treasure trove of connections on emotion and acceptance. It’s a bond developed

between those who actually cherish each other. When a friendship is formed, people tend to

expect this relationship will last forever. However, when it comes to real life, similar to other

sorts of relationships, friendships are complicated and not always work out. As Waqar Ahmed

said ‘’ Friendship is dedicated as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be

cracks.” When a friendship bond gets broken, it results in internal pain that linger on for years

to people who are involved. There are three factors that can cause a friendship to an end

including: lack interaction, social status and conflict of interest.

2. Lack interaction

In recent research, many views have indicated that the more lack of interaction, the more

likely friendship will dissolve. Today, people have to cope with many chaos such as work, study

and social relationships that lead to lack of attention in an intimate friendship. There is no doubt

to say that geographic distance is one of the initial factors that make it difficult to talk, share and

confide in friends. For example, in any case, if you do not meet to cultivate and nurture a

friendship, the relationship of the two of you will fall into a state "out of sight out of mind". Not

only the issue of geographical distance, but also time constraints are also one of the causes of

charring friendship. Being busy at work and in life makes people always have to work in a state

of extreme pressure on time. Sometimes the time they spend with themselves and their family is

not enough, so it becomes very difficult to meet among friends. The imbalance of distance as

well as time leads to poor interaction in friend relationships, which is believed to be the cause of
the death of friendship as Oxford University reaffirmed "using social media exclusively to

interact with close friends may inadvertently cause the bonds of these friendships to weaken."

(Christopher, 2016).

Christopher, B. (2016, January 19). Maintaining Close Friendships Requires Face-to-Face

Contact. Retrieved from

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201601/maintaining-close-
friendships-requires-face-face-contact

3. Social status
The great discrepancy in social status also is one of the justifications resulting in

putting an end in a friendship. This gap in social status forms a formidable barrier

between friends. According to a journal written by Pettigrew & Tropp (2008) documented

that There are well known barriers to forming friendships with people from different

groups than one's own, including distrust, intergroup anxiety, and even prejudice. First of

all, friends from different classes share different perspectives. Whereas the friends in

upper classes are fascinated in discovering beyond-human comprehension, those

friends in middle-classes struggle to sustain their school lives and daily lives. As a result,

hardly any friendship maintained their conversations without sharing common mindsets,

and eventually, it’s about time when the friendship broke. In addition, friends from

different social classes scarcely have common points in general. This factor easily

provokes the controversy between friends in a friendship. It is natural that a relationship

will be destroyed when there are continuing disagreements among members. Therefore,

these factors can harm friendships severely.

4. Conflict of interest
Conflict of interest can be considered a potential harm to friendship. Indeed, it will

ruin a relationship, no matter how intimate people are towards each other. Money issues
 are most likely to lead a friendship to the end. Some are trying to socialise with others for

money rather than truly longing for an extraordinary friendship. Those people tend to

take advantage of others, for instance, by tricking their friends into paying for their

private interests without repaying their friends. In addition to money-related problems,

competition between friends in romantic relationships may result in a weak friendship.

Although friendship is quite important to people, it cannot be as influential as love. In

fact, to some point, if one were forced to choose between the two, they would decide to

remain in their romantic relationship. Not telling the case one and their friends fall in love

with the same person, for example, they are certain to end up that way. Therefore, the

key to a strong friendship is to treat each other fairly, especially in terms of interest.

5. Conclusion

In short, friendships, as a part of other human relationships, always exist reasons which

lead to falling apart. Lack of interaction, social status and conflict of interest are three

common causes that put an end to a friendship bond. Although friends may come and

go in different periods of people’s lives, if they want to keep the one they cherish, the

best choice is to restrict these actions as well as trying to express their love as much as

possible.