Advice columnist recommends limiting contact over ending fifty year friendship

A reader asks advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith whether to end a 50-year friendship with someone who has become self-absorbed and demanding. Gordon-Smith advises against a clean break, noting that a friend's past kindness deserves consideration even as their present behavior disappoints. She suggests the reader has already found a middle path by limiting contact and managing emotional reactions.

Summary by Glance · The Guardian Australia