If you’ve ever found yourself in a friend group that is in a fragile state that includes breakups, arguments about living together and/or sex, then you’ve probably felt stuck in the middle at some point.
Being stuck in the middle means that you’re friends with both parties who start to strongly dislike each other. Then, you take it upon yourself to try and mend it to save the entire group.
Unfortunately, most of the time, that never works, and you end up having tried for nothing. You just have 2 pissed off friends who each want you to take their side even if they say they don’t. And you don’t want to be playing tug of war, so what can you do?
To be honest, each situation is different and there’s no exact way to do things. But the most important thing is to explain to both parties that you’re still friends with both of them, and that you don’t want to hear any gossip or mean things. It’s not fair to you if they are constantly bad-mouthing someone who is also your friend.
