Dear Prudence,
What do you do when a friend you were incredibly close to suddenly drops you, for no obvious reason? And what if you live near them, and your kids are close to them? What if you try to reconnect and try to repair whatever mysterious thing set them off, and they just keep ignoring you? (Trust me, there has been zero opportunity for me to have committed any sort of serious offense, so this is entirely based on something happening in her head, and I’ve observed her doing the same to other friends she’s told me about.) Do you call them on it? Walk awkwardly past them in the ‘hood and just let them go forever, without any answers or closure? I know I wouldn’t even trust her if we did reconnect, but I am just so upset and hurt that she’s done this, I don’t know how to let it go. And I’m tired of lying to my kids about what’s going on.
—WTH?