Office Ours: Friendship Breakups (Part 2: Ghosting, Slow Fades & the Breakup Talk)

Two Peas on a Pod · Jul 9, 2026 · 1h 7m

There's no right way to end a friendship, but there is a wrong one.

Dr. Miriam closes out the two-part Office Ours series on friendship breakups with the part nobody teaches us: how to actually let go of a friend. She starts with the five questions to ask yourself before deciding whether a friendship is worth saving. From there, the four ways friendships really end: the slow fade, the compartmentalized friendship, the honest breakup talk, and ghosting, the one strategy she basically never recommends (and the research on why might surprise you).

And make sure to stick around for your friendly…