Is it morally acceptable to cut off contact with a friend?

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For me, it depends. I cut off several toxic friends. I already addressed their rude behavior towards me and others and they would just scoff at me or roll their eyes. So I just stopped hanging out with them. Every time we saw each other, I remained nice, and they remained petty.

I didn't want to officially friend dump them because it's a small city and it would be so awkward bumping into them. Plus, I was hoping they would mature like I did, I was a brat too at some point. Some of them did mature. Also, one of them would have hated being told directly, he had low self esteem which caused his competitive and rude behavior toward me. I also turned him down before he came out of the closet. Ugh.. People are so complicated.

If you're cutting lose a friend who is simply boring then that is kind of cruel. I would just minimize contact and remain nice.