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But think about it, you can never truly know, both for factors outside of their control and factors within their control. For example, they might get sick, they might die, they might get mental health issues that stop them from being a good friend. As well as factors within their control, they might decide to prioritize you less, they might decide that they just don't want to do it anymore. You can never really be sure, even your best friend, your partner, your parent, your sibling, all of them can one day decide that they don't want to be there for you, or that it's not right for them. Even if you never gave up on them and was always there for them, they might not want or feel obligated to, or even if they feel obligated to, they might not act on it.
You are stretching it. T.ex. when someone -as you said- get ill or dies, you just can't say they are unreliable because being dead is not very supportive to you.
Being reliable isn't the same as being able to give the desired support. Someone is relieable when they make maximum effort -compared to the situation- to be there and provide whatever support they can.