Toxic Friendship Essay

Throughout their lives, most people will deal with some sort of toxic friendship or relationship. While those on the outside might think it is easy to get out of these friendships or relationships, that is not always the case. Unfortunately, I had to experience this first hand. For years, I had what I believe was a toxic friendship with Dani Kaye, and it took me months to get out of it. If I could redo how I ended the friendship, I would have been direct with Dani Kaye and that I no longer wanted to be friends with her, instead of avoiding it. I also would have ended the friendship much sooner. The first incident I remember realizing the Dani Kaye was not a good person to have as a friend occurred during the sixth grade. During our time in elementary school, she had always been friends with my friend Stephanie, until one day Dani Kaye decided to stop being friends with her, and went about it very rudely. Out of all of the incidents of Dani Kaye being rude to Stephanie, there is one I distinctly remember. The friendship ended a couple weeks before Dani Kaye's birthday party, which Stephanie was initially invited to. One day during lunch, I remember Dani Kaye telling to Stephanie, loud enough that everyone in the sixth grade section of the lunchroom could hear, that she was no longer invited to the party, and Dani Kaye and her friends laughed at Stephanie for being uninvited. At the time, I was much better friends with Stephanie than Dani Kaye, and looking back, I wish I

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Welcome to "New York," where the folks are friendly, the buildings never falter, and all quarrels end with a quip. Not to be found on the East Coast, this Burbank, California–based "New York" is the setting of "Friends," the popular situation comedy that first aired on NBC in 1994. With roughly sixteen million households tuning in each week, not to mention syndication of re–runs, "Friends" has become a cultural icon. "Friends" is more than just a sit–com that begins on Thursday at eight o'clock and ends at eight–thirty. It is a living, breathing, fictional reality like a second home that isn't lived in, but lived through. Many viewers talk about the characters on "Friends" as if they were, in fact, close personal...show more content...

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Ross: Hey, what have you guys been up to?

Phoebe: Ohh! We went to a self–defense class today!

Ross: Wow!