Rouya wrote:
i had an internet friend who i had been friends with since i was 13, we had even met each other two times and were best friends, talked every day... until we didnt. at a point i just stopped feeling like we had anything in common, and the longer it went on the more it became apparent. we were moving in different directions and he started annoying me and i found him boring to talk to and then we stopped talking
there's nothing wrong with stopping a friendship based on having nothing in common, since that's sort of what a friendship is based on. just because you go way back isn't a reason to continue a friendship, if you feel like you get nothing out of it, it's draining, etc.
you dont have to tell him you want to like stop the friendship, just let it fade out. that's not ghosting him either, just like dont force anything and see what happens