Nevertheless, it can be hard to admit your friend, well, isn’t a great friend.

Not only that, but maybe you don’t feel the friendship is serving you anymore.

What is a one-sided friendship?

Sarah Regan

A one-sided friendship is a friendship that revolves around one person, their needs, and their needs only.

This translates into the giveraka the friend on the other sidefeeling constantly drained by their friend.

13 signs your friendship is one-sided:

Your friend is an emotional dumper.

You feel resentment toward them.

They never ask how you are.

The conversation revolves around them.

You don’t know where you stand with them.

Leeds notes that another potential indicator of one-sidedness is worrying about where you stand this person.

They don’t seem to care about your problems.

They accuse you of being selfish.

They make you feel guilty.

They display narcissistic qualities.

As you might have started picking up on, many of these signs mirror thebehavior a narcissist would exhibit.

They drain your energy.

you’ve got the option to’t get a word in around them.

(See also:conversational narcissists.)

They don’t care what you have to say.

How to evaluate the friendship.

From there, once you’ve expressed your concerns, it’s on them to make a change.

But of course, Nunez stresses the importance of listening to your intuition and those gut feelings.

Ending things.

If you’ve decided the friendship isn’t worth theemotional labor, it may be time toend the friendship.

And no breakupeven a nonromantic oneis easy.

Again, give a shot to be honest with them.

Sometimes an outright breakup isn’t necessary, though, Leeds adds.

The bottom line.

But at the end of the day, friends are meant to support us, not drain us.

If a friendship has run its course, lean on your support system andtry making new friends.