Not everyone you let go is a loss.
Yes, Friendships are important. You need friends who brighten your life. Friendship is a two-way relation. Give and take is a perfect formula to maintain it. If your friend gives 50 percent, you should try and give more. But you should NEVER BE emotionally dependent on a friendship. Emotions like attachment, anger and love are temporary. Such emotions should not affect you. Some people are not worth your time/emotions and care.
Yes, the ego is wrong. But you should not lose self-respect and keep someone in life just because you are emotionally dependent on them. Choose yourself, choose self-respect.
Once you love yourself, people will love you. Hence if you choose self-respect, you will be respected.
May it be a best friend or anyone, NO one is allowed to take you for granted. You don't need
friends who are dominating/selfish or "who needs you coz they are lonely and miserable"
Get the hell out of such toxic relations and be free. Noone other than your parents /grandparents are real. '
Friends who get influenced by what other people say about you are NOT your friends. They are people who don't have a spine of their own.
We live in a modern world, where everyone needs nothing but love. Be with people who inspire you and help you to grow. The third-party situation in friendships is bullshit. CHOOSE YOURSELF AND LOVE WHO YOU ARE.
"Don't assume toxic friendships as "BFFs". A real friendship is selfless, rare and mature.
Choose YOU, then people will choose YOU.
:)