5. They don't have the time anymore but won't try fixes.
This is the typical external challenge that sign 4 was about. Schedules fall out of sync, or someone has less available time? This often can be fixed if each party cares enough and is intentional enough. For example, why not exchange small gifts to make each other's presence be felt? Or go for exchanging longer form letters?
A persistent refusal indicates they just won't make the time for you.
wrote:Some of my warning signs for failing friendships—a thread. I happen to care a lot about friendships, so for me when they break it's quite salient. I spent a lot of time thinking about them, read academic articles of sociology and psychology on the topic, etc. What I'm going to talk about is typically reserved for romantic relationships, while friendships are comparatively disinvested and set aside (that's amatonormativity), so if it sounds like I care too much, that's why, don't @ me.