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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

They chucked a friendship away based off of an allegation.

Of course they have the right to do that, but people (myself included) also have the right to judge them negatively for it.

I wouldn't want friends like that, and I doubt that anyone else would either.

An allegation from one of their other friends. Would you want to be friends with people if you told them about something that happened to you, and they said "not enough evidence we're gonna give them the benefit of the doubt"?

Either way it's irrelevant, the issue is the idea that a friendship (and let's face it, in early University these are going to be loose friendship groups at best, not close life-long friends) needs to operate like a court case with checks and balances is absolutely ridiculous. If someone wants to stop hanging around with someone simply because they find them irritating that is totally fine.

The real issue here - and genuinely, I do find it tragic that he took his life, for him and his family - is that he didn't have the coping skills or support network to handle losing a friend group. Again - a completely normal life event.