Disloyalty is a big no-no when it comes to friendships.

Throughout school, I have had many friendships, some of which were ended because of disloyalty.

Here are three ways to handle a situation if you suspect a friend is not being loyal to you.

1- Confront them.

Do not let your other friends gossip with you about if your friend stabbed you in the back.

End all of the insecurity and confront the friend. Get to the bottom of any drama going on between you two and try to deal with it calmly.

Try not to jump to conclusions with the person who has broken your trust.

2- Do not listen to rumors.

If your friend is being disloyal, do not listen to what everyone is saying until you know the truth.

Listening to rumors causes more problems and can hurt your friendship even more.

Be mature and rise above the rumors.

3- Forgive or forget them.

If the friend becomes disloyal over something small, try to salvage your friendship by forgiving her.

If the friend betrays you past the point of no return, you need to let her go and have her stay out of your life.

A person who is disloyal is not worthy of your friendship.

Senior Mariah O’leary shared that she has had friends who were disloyal to her in the past.

“I have gone through some instances where friends have been disloyal to me,” O’leary said. “We got through it, though, and we’re still friends after the drama ended.”

Even if a friend does break your trust, is it worth all of the time you spent with them to just not be their friend anymore?

Friendships are valued and should be valued by everyone. Depending on the situation, be prepared to forgive or forget the friend who betrayed your trust.

Senior Haley Flynn shared her opinion on disloyal friends.

“If it was just a small problem, I would forgive my friend, but would not tell them my business until they earned my trust back,” Flynn said. “But if they start rumors and drama about me, they can kiss my friendship goodbye.”