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You know...
In movies and books, you have these grand moments when the hero chooses to stand by the people he cares about, despite their actions. There's usually some sort of great sacrifice but the hero knows that what he is doing is correct.
In life, it's rarely so clear.
In real life there are no musical overtures to key you into the fact that you friend is lashing out at you because they are in pain. There's usually no big, dramatic reveal where you discover that they've been carrying a burden they didn't want to tell you about. In real life, friendships can just drift apart or dissolve away.
So, in real life when you have years of friendship with someone and they seemingly throw it aside, how far should you go to try and get the friendship back? How do you know if you are fighting for a friend who's in pain, and when you're just chasing after something that doesn't exist anymore?
And when you hear that this friend has suffered major heartache how do you respond? When all you want to do is offer support to the friend you loved, how do approach the person who pushed you away? How do you decide when to let go?