What Did I Do That Was So Terrible?

What a deeply upsetting thing to happen – and to not get any closure must make it doubly painful.

- Anita Naik

Q My best friend and I supported each other through 30 years, including some very stressful times. About 10 years ago, I began sensing that things were changing. She’d make excuses for not phoning – and then she pulled out of a celebration that our families shared. We had a row. I apologised, but she continued to become distant. Recently, I discovered she’d moved house and not told me. I’m left wondering what I did that was so terrible? Name and Address Withheld