Friends who "disappear" ;

We would drive up mountains in it and pass all the fancy cars that couldn’t cope! When we filled up in garages people would point to her incredulously saying ‘Baum’. After I’d learned to drive in her, when I was a passenger in another car my foot would be going for the brake wondering why the driver was leaving it so late. It was a sad day when she eventually failed an MOT and was beyond help. My ex had actually bought a welding kit to keep her going; he became so proficient at it that the garage offered him a job. She went on to provide spares for another Moggie. I still have her number plate.

Thanks everyone, some good advice there. We have left them alone and been no contact now for six weeks. The daily WhatsApp thing was something we had all done for about 8 years, so it feels strange not to do that anymore. Also they always wanted to know exactly what we were doing, so it wasn't one sided, it was more them than us. So we will let them be and see what happens.

Not every body thinks every casual text or whatsapp demands a response.

Hey maybee our 68 year old MM1000 has never let us down, and it has good brakes. But, woukdnt fancy driving around Europe in it. A trip to the coast is as far as I can bear. Dh loves it though.

I haven't experienced this myself but I know that other friends holidaying together has ended in a sad fallout. I think sometimes we like people better when we don't know everything about them.

I'm sorry your friendship has come to this, it must hurt

A long cruise holiday might be a clue, sometimes offence can be taken even if none was intended. A long cruise gives plenty of opportunity to get irritated. As for daily WhatsApp chats thats a lot.
Leave them alone for now, they are good friends so all should be ok but if there is no contact you can ask them if anything is wrong.

In my youth my ex and I used to drive round Europe every summer in a Morris 1000 Traveller. One year two friends came with us ( how we all fitted in with our camping gear is beyond me). I think we reached the point of wanting to throttle each other. Not helped by the fact that we were driving around in a car that, by modern standards, had no brakes. Not sure how the friendship survived, but it did.

I only once went on holiday with friends and it was a disaster that took a while to get right. Please back off and give them some space. All that contact and I can see why they feel claustrophobic.

Never go on a long holiday with friends. I once went away with one only for a few days and came back unsure if I could ever bear being in the same room with her again...

Maybe they found a daily chat a bit too much?