how do you guys slowly distance yourself from bad friends?

Stop texting first, don’t reply to their messages in an instant, stop meeting up, that sort of thing

If they ask to hang out say you don’t have any time or have an appointment etc. or just say you are busy. If you do don’t text them first or answer right away and after a time just don’t respond and eventually they will distance themself but if they still do I would just ignore them and make an excuse like sorry my phone was off

Is there a reason why you wouldn't give them an explanation for why you're distancing yourself?

@Yi_eune what if they call me out for not replying tho

@whoisnina thank you!

@aurielle they are family friends with me so it’s a bit awkward if i blatantly cut ties

@mxflo then ignore that. You don’t owe them your time even if they are family friends.

If they call you out for not replying then you're going to have to offer some kind of explanation. If you don't want to explain that they've been bad friends to you then just make some type of excuse that your life has been busy