A Thank-You To My Ex-Best Friend, Sincerely
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A Thank-You To My Ex-Best Friend, Sincerely

Thanks for making room for better friends in my life.

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A Thank-You To My Ex-Best Friend, Sincerely
Katarina Solovey

Best Friend (n.) - The first person you go to with your biggest problems and smallest problems. The person you ask to hang out with first. The person who is always there for you no matter what.

And that's what we were supposed to be. But we weren't best friends.

We were just friends who talked to each other often, which isn't a bad thing. Until we went to college and you decided you didn't want to be friends anymore, out of nowhere. I was sad and confused at first. Then I figured it out. We were only "best friends" because we had the same music taste and we saw each other at school every day. We just always had something to talk about - music. That's ALL we talked about. When I would open up to you, you never knew what to say, you weren't supportive of anything I had to say, and you never opened up to me. You ignored every text I sent about any problems I had. But we used to be inseparable - everyone thought we'd stay best friends after high school, even our peers. But I'm glad we didn't, honestly.

I just want to say thank you. No, not for the good times we had together. Thank you for setting an example of what best friends aren't supposed to be. Thank you for dropping me out of nowhere, and letting me make more room for those already in my life, and room for new people in my life. Thank you for giving me room for actual best friends; people who would drop everything for me. They would drive across the country for me, they're supportive of everything I do, and most importantly they're willing to listen to all my problems. That's what friendship is.

Don't get me wrong, we did have some good moments together. Like going to our first Warped Tour together then going with each other again the year after; seeing Twenty One Pilots together, and spending New Year's together.

The second half of senior year you started to replace me with a new friend of yours. That's when I realized our friendship was in jeopardy. You talked to her way more than you talked to me, you paid more attention to her, and you hung out with her more.

In December of last year, you started becoming distant. I wondered what I had done wrong. I have done nothing to you, and you just decided not to be my friend anymore. You asked a mutual friend of ours to go to Warped Tour with you, instead of asking me. He doesn't even know any of the bands in the Warped Tour scene. You stopped texting me back, unfollowed me on social media, and unfriended me on Facebook. That's when I knew our friendship was officially over, for no reason.

But when you think about it, our friendship wasn't that great, and I've come to realize that I really didn't lose that much. If anything, I gained better friends and friendships. I don't know what made you decide not to be my friend anymore, but it actually taught me what true friends are.

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