Should You Ask Someone If You Are Still Friends?

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So I have this "friend" who for the past several months has been very distant with me. We used to talk a lot and hang out at least once every 2 months. Now we barely talk and she basically ignores my emails. I asked her if she could hang out sometime cuz I was feeling a bit lonely. She at first said "Of course. When are you free?" Then when I answered she proceeded to just ignore me for like 3 weeks!

I'm about ready to ask her if she wants to be friends anymore. But is this something that should be asked? Or should I just get her hint and leave her alone? It's really making me quite sad, TBH.

I would not flat out ask her if you are stil friends unless she also knows you have Asperger's and therefore knows that you can misread cues. I often tell those close to me that they need to clearly spell out how they feel, because I have trouble telling on my own. If I've said or done something offensive due to my unintentional Asperpergian selfishness, I always apologize.

If this isn't someone you've disclosed to and you don't wish to do so, then just keep in mind that it's quite possible that she's entered a new phase in her life in which she is much busier and has other or new social circles. Life for most people is episodic and they are able to keep in touch with some people and drift away from others. This is probably that that is happening and if so, just call from time to time, no more than once or twice a month just to chat. When she is more free and her life has settled, she may want to renew your closer friendship. Until then try to understand and make some new connections yourself.

Maybe, rather than flat out asking her, just maybe say "well, I've noticed you've seemed very distant lately and was curious if you just have more going on or just don't have time to hang out and talk anymore?"

I've had friends like that, who have fallen off of the face of the earth basically due to getting super busy, or just getting on with their lives... I've had friends who I've done it to, unintentionally, I think, as well, but usually it was because both them and I was just too busy in general with life to keep up with it.

Hopefully you can get an answer-maybe it is intentional, maybe it's not :S hard to say.

Thanks, guys Maybe I'm being too sensitive and taking things personally. It's just that I rarely connect with people enough to care and now I feel a bit hurt.

So actually I already told her I missed chatting with her and clearly she didn't really respond to that. I guess I should just focus on something else.

Kiseki, you sound a LOT like me-that is the issue I've had for a long time breaking off being friends with this woman I mentioned in the other post. It's going on 2 years, and I tend to get frustrated with her, then analyze the heck out of WHY she is that way, and wind up excusing the behavior, essentially, then go back to talking to her.

I've had several friendships like that and I never know how to respond. They disappear then contact me out of the blue like nothing's happened. I think logically you should be able to ask, but people think it's rude for some reason.

I don't think it's such a good idea, to do that. I have a friend, who asks me that question, every time that I see her, and it gets to be annoying, after a while.