Votes come and go, you can't control them, but relationships are a different thing. However, people change in time and you can't change them back, so losing good friends happen as well. It's sad, but when you get to a point where the damage is greater than the good things, better let go.
Yeah, I just hope if it gets to the point of letting go we are making space for someone new. If that never happens, it's going to be a lonely existence.