Having loved ones around you will get you through the hardest of times, but that requires a lot of maintenance and emotional intelligence. If you're not careful, you could wake up without all of those friendships you once held dear.

Redditor u/iPlayedHockeInHS wanted to know why the AskReddit crew have cut off people they once loved, and they spilled the beans all over the place.

As it turns out, relationships are fragile things.

What made you cut someone 100% out of your life?
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We sifted through hundreds of responses to find eight resonate examples of behavior that lead directly to the end of a relationship. If these sound familiar, maybe there is still time to turn things around.

Warning: Discussion of suicide

If you use your friends as free therapists without ever returning the favor

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If you can't disagree over small things without blowing up

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If you won't take their suffering seriously

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If you flake on commitments regularly

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If you repeatedly try to force your beliefs on them

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If you keep trying turn the platonic relationship into a romantic one

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If you go down the conspiracy rabbit hole

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If you never have a positive word to say

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