Friendship

Can colleagues only be colleagues/acquaintances and not friends? I thought the answer was NO.

Recently, I realised what you considered as friends might not be your friends afterall. Or worst, they never regarded you as their friends in the first place. That changed my opinion of friendships.

The words that were told to me may be mild as compared to betrayal. Yet, it still hurts to know that I have never had that friend in the first place.

I have invested so much into the friendship, willing to afford the time and energy with this friend. At that point in time, I thought he/she is also reciprocating by being nice to me. However, I realised at the end of the day, I was never regarded as a friend. Just a colleague or maybe only acquaintances.

I have no wish to guess what's on his/her mind, and why the sudden change in attitude towards me etc. Should I give up this so-called friendship? And treat him/her as a colleague?

P.S. Losing a friend is worst than losing love.