Dear Ex-best Guy Friend,
In seventh grade, it seemed impossible for a guy and a girl to be “just friends,” but you and I were able to prove that wrong. We were at that awkward age where the opposite sex is a whole other world. We’d talk and text for days on end about anything in life. I’d ramble on about my latest crush and you’d talk sports (which I’m sorry I never really understood). We came from two completely different worlds, yet we made the best of friends. It was hard to find someone to trust at 13, since girls are known to be gossipy. But, I never worried about spilling my deepest secrets to you and you trusted me with the same top secret information. This constant exchange of information and advice lasted for two straight years. Then came the dreaded time of high school.
Freshmen year we stayed pretty close. We each found our own friend groups and relationships, but that never stopped us from being best friends. We had this brother-sister friendship where we could yell and be mad at each other, and two seconds later be plotting how to take down our enemies. The next few years were back and forth for our friendship. We’d go weeks without talking, but when we spoke again, we’d pick right back up where we left off. You were like my second half that was always there even when I didn’t see or hear from you. No matter how much time we spent apart from each other, I always knew you were there if I needed you.
After graduation, we continued to stay in touch even though we each went off to different colleges. Our conversations went back to heartbreaks and stressful days of school work. No matter the time of day, we were always able to have an endless conversation. We found Snapchat to be a wonderful means of communication and it helped to keep up the sarcasm that always existed in our friendship. We grew closer than ever our freshmen year of college. We promised to be best friends forever no matter what happened. You were one of the closest people I had in my life. Until you ended it all.
I still remember that week in detail. We hadn’t talked in a few days, but that wasn’t unusual, so I didn’t think much of it. I knew something was up when you ended our 249-day snap-streak (we could’ve broken some kind of record). I sent you an angry text, which you’ve certainly received from me before, but when I read your response I was shocked. Just like that, you ended seven years of our friendship and without any good explanation. I didn’t want to be angry, but I was. I couldn’t figure out how we went from being the best of friends to complete strangers in the blink of an eye. Of all people, I thought our friendship would be the one to stand the test of time, but it looks like that wasn’t true.
It’s taken me a few months to accept that I’ll never have a friendship again like what we had and now I’m okay with that. It’s like learning from a broken heart, except you helped me realize that even the best of friendships can have their downfalls. I will never hate you. I will never wish for bad things to happen to you, but I’m also positive we’ll never be best friends again. I hope you’ve found a new girl that has become your best friend and I hope she appreciates all you do in that role because it meant the world to me.
If by chance you ever come across this letter, I hope you only remember all the good times we had together. There’s no point dwelling on the past, but we learned lessons from each other that will prepare us for the future. Maybe someday our paths will cross again and we might experience a fraction of what we had before.
Sincerely,
Your Ex-girl Best Friend
