Dear Snapchat,

I would like to begin this letter by saying that this is not easy. In fact, this may be the hardest letter that I have ever had to write. Just know that you are one of my favorite apps and I love using you everyday. When that friendly yellow ghost icon pops up on my screen, my pulse increases and I get really excited to see what is behind it. I have had some great convos using you and you are one of the easiest forms of communication to use while drunk. You constantly keep me updated on what people are doing on every Friday and Saturday night when I am binge-watching Netflix in my bed. You never judge me for how ugly I look. You even provide filters to help hide some of my more questionable features because some people are just not as understanding as you are and don’t get me in the way that you do. You always let me know what city I am in or what tourist destination I am close to with those nifty geotags. (FYI, when you gave me the opportunity to design my own geotag, I made one for my couch. You denied it, but it's okay - I forgive you.) You keep me up to date with what strangers are doing halfway around the world. I will never forget that time you went to Iceland and showed me 200 seconds of people milking sheep and making cheese - it was truly riveting and inspiring. All in all, you are like a sister to me, there for me through thick and thin, but after your latest update, I just feel like you have changed.

You do this thing now that I just don’t understand. You contort my face into all these different things. Like one time, you made me puke a rainbow. I did not appreciate that. And this other time, you turned me into a scary monster. That one was seriously not cool - I didn’t sleep for weeks. I would just like to know why? Why, Snapchat, why?!?! Was my regular face not good enough for you? Were my witty and punny snaps not good enough? Did you think this would improve my Snap game? I have to admit, some of them are quite entertaining, like the frog face one and the underwater one, but most of them are unnecessary and frankly concerning. Also I sense some hostility towards me when I use this new feature and you REFUSE to figure out where my face is. Extremely enlarged eyes and exploding heart eyes should not go where my mouth is. If you’re going to show up to work drunk, just stay home.

Snapchat, you know that I love you and I really am glad that you have taken the time to update yourself and stay current. It really does mean a lot to me, but this new feature sometimes gets me down and I don’t want this to come between us and eventually drive us apart slowly, like a bad rom-com breakup. I don’t want this letter to offend you, but consider this an intervention.

Love,

A Friend