Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author (not pictured) decided not to ghost her friend.Olga Pankova/Getty Images When I wanted to end a long-term friendship, I ...

I recently came to terms with the fact that I didn't want to talk to a longtime friend anymore. I didn't know how to tell them, and I didn't want to make a "big thing of it." I knew I could just tell ...