The friends who need the most emotional support are usually the ones least able to give it back

The friends I pour the most emotional support into are almost never there when I'm the one struggling. And I don't think it's a coincidence or bad luck... I think the same thing that makes someone need that much holding is what makes them unable to hold you back.

They're not withholding, they're just empty, and the emptiness is the whole reason they leaned on me in the first place. So these end up being the most fragile friendships of all, even though they feel like the closest ones.