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To The Best Friend Who Changed Into Someone I Didn't Recognize

Just remember to keep the ones who make you feel good about what you do close and don’t stress about the people who don't.

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To The Best Friend Who Changed Into Someone I Didn't Recognize
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We said we would be “best friends forever,” we said there was nothing that could get between us because we're inseparable. We hit high school knowing things would change and that we would make more friends, but always wishing that we would stay together.

You chose some friends who made some choices I wasn't so happy about, while I made friends who would be by my side through everything. I started growing closer and closer with them and farther and farther apart from you. Was it a good thing? That's what we were soon to find out. I found a new best friend, one that respected my limits and would be there for me whenever I would need her. You found a few best friends, ones that would make some bad decisions.

I told myself that everyone deserves a second chance so why not give you one too? Maybe you've changed and hadn't changed into someone I didn't think you would be. From then on I learned, don't give second chances because not everyone changes. While I thought it was my fault that we stopped being the “best friends” that we used to be, I later learned it wasn't me this time, it was you. You chose to go to parties and hang out with people who were bad influences, while I decided I would stay home and watch movies with my new friends.

There are some people in your life that give “bad vibes” and some people who give “good vibes,” this means there are some people who are good for you and will help lead you in the right direction. Then there are some people who make you do things that you wouldn’t normally do and put you into situations you don’t want to be in. In high school people change and the standards of who you want to have by your side changes.

I was a tom-boy and hung out with almost all guys in elementary school, then in middle school I started to hang out with two girls, people who were with me through thick and thin all through the school year. Then summer hits after every school year. It’s everyone’s favorite part of the year, no school and nothing to worry about. Every summer people would drift off and girls and boys you didn't go to school with would come back, summer friends. While at first you were a “summer friend” we became closer and closer and became best friends no matter the time. We did everything together and would always hang out and weekends the days where nothing could get in our way.

The next summer you made those friends that would lead you in a path that I didn't feel comfortable going down. The people who I can be friends with but have to make good choices around. I loved them, until they changed you into someone who I didn't recognize anymore. That was the summer that we drifted apart and stopped being friends. That was the summer you lost the trust from my family and I. Not only did you lose me as a best friend but you also lost others because you pushed them away thinking you were too good for them.

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