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Why I Am Glad That I Became Best Friends With My Ex's New Girlfriend

Because why WOULDN'T I be friends with her?

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Why I Am Glad That I Became Best Friends With My Ex's New Girlfriend
  1. She makes him truly happy. Was I upset at her at first? Yes. I was so angry at first, but then after I got to exchanging numbers and talking with this “awful person” that had “ruined my life” all night and now after years of seeing them together, I realize that he is happier now than I have ever seen him.
  2. She is honest. She is one of the only people in my life that just tells it like it is. She doesn’t hold back, ever. She was completely honest with me about everything that happened between them and I am so grateful for that. I know that if she could have the courage to tell me something like that, she can tell me anything.
  3. We get along with each others families so wonderfully. Seriously. She will just show up to my house when I’m not even there just to hang out with my little brother. Oh and my mom loves her like she is her fourth child. Anna will come over, sit at the bar stools with my mom, and just make fun of me for at least 20 minutes, exactly like a sibling would. She goes on family vacations with us too. As for her family, I am close with them too. Her brother is like my own and I watch Fox News and talk about politics with her dad. I love her mom and when I met her for the first time, she welcomed me so warmly and I just knew that I was going to love her.
  4. We get the best reactions out of people when we tell them how we met. Apparently becoming best friends with your ex boyfriend’s new girlfriend isn’t something people do very often … It’s honestly my favorite story to tell.
  5. She has helped me gain a big brother. Yes, my ex boyfriend is now like my big brother.I have someone that constantly picks on me and calls me mean names (and yes, I take it as a compliment), but I also have someone that is willing to punch any guy that ever even thinks about hurting me. I have someone who is going to take care of me and look out for me no matter what.
There is never a way that I will ever be able to thank Henrik for bring Anna into my life. Because of her, I know what it is like to have a big sister. She has shown me over the past three years she has been with Henrik what it is like to have found true love; what it means to be truly happy. Now that I have found someone else, I have taken what I have learned from them and have used it in my own relationship. The only advice I have to give is to not look at your ex’s new significant other and hate them. Get to know them. Love them. Don’t judge them. Be glad that they have made your ex as happy as they are now. The only thing that I wish had happened differently would be meeting her sooner.
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