If you stop talking to a friend, does the friendship die? If so, how long does it take for the friendship to die?

[Kilapan]

I'm at a stage in my life where I stopped seeing all my friends from school. And I hardly have contact with two from the University, but very occasionally. I think it is a normal process that some friendships are lost, it is part of life, however it is still sad to go from a moderately sociable life to a lonely one. In the same way, I regret that some friends have not made an effort to maintain the bond of friendship. The last time I wrote to one of them on chat, he left me on seen and he had already done this a long time ago, that kind of thing made me rethink the idea of whether we are still friends. And well, my conclusion was no.
The sad thing is that every year I ask myself more questions like that, even with people I thought would be my friends for life or at least for many more years. Have you asked yourself such questions?

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[exitseven]

I was on the outs with my best friend for a couple of years. I was going through a really hard time in my life and I just withdrew from everyone. He really did not give up on me and eventually we became friends again. Sometimes the friendship does not die it just changes.

[Guy13]

It is relative but 60-90 days of no contact then Done.

[jennifer_bloom]

The short term intimacy might die but the abstract idea of a reliable and friendly person might remain after decades of no contact.

[Kilapan]

Good point. I had thought so too. I have a neighbor whom I don't consider a friend, but we have always had a good relationship, even our families get along very well. Sometimes I compare the relationship I have with people like him versus the relationship with so-called friends. Maybe I was calling the wrong people friends.

[darline19]

for me it takes 6 months