Good friends become your chosen family. They are by your side through every first date, through every late night study session at the library, and every job interview. The good ones stick around through it all. No matter how mad you could get at them for a stupid boy they can't stop talking to, or for eating your food, you know that they are your real friends who will be there till the end. Those facts, however, are not true about the toxic friends in your life. Let's call them your fake friends.
Fake friends, or do I say the friends that just like your Instagram pictures and say they want to hang out with you, but never actually follow through, are toxic relationships in your life. I know you have one of these friends, or maybe even two. These are the friends who will randomly text you saying, "Hey love, we should hang out soon," and you guiltily reply, "Yes let's hang out when you get back from school. I love you and miss you." Do you really love them or miss them? No, how could you! These girls pretend to be your friend so they can pretend they have more than they really do.
Fake friends are toxic relationships that you need to release from your life. Once you let go from these "friends" you will feel a huge weight lifted off of your shoulders. No more having to pretend to be happy to hang out with them, and put on that fake smile that screams, "I'M JUST HANGING OUT WITH YOU BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO." Nobody actually enjoys hanging out with them. It is just a way for them to brag, I guess, and for you to show them how well you are doing without them in your life.
Dropping these friends is a very brave thing to do. It will take a lot of read receipts on text messages and mean glares when you see them at the store, but I promise it is all worth it.
"Sometimes you miss the memories, not the person." - Unknown
Now you have more room for great, even best friends in your life, more room in your car when you go on a road trip to the beach, and more room in your heart to fall in love.
