When we met my best friend had to get us together. I bet you even remember the joke she used. When we got together I thought we were the perfect match. We had so much in common that we were kind of the same person, We both ran cross country and we both liked Star Wars, It was practically meant to be.

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It was pretty good at first. Then came the time I graduated and I wouldn't be able to see you for a couple of months. That was pretty rough and we got through it. When I moved to college it got even harder. Our schedules never lined up and I went home every weekend just to see you. I showed up to almost every cross country meet just to see you run. I failed my freshman year of college just because of you.

And then I moved even further. I got a job where coming to see you was near impossible, but we skyped and called each other everyday. We would be on the phone for hours. At this point we had been together for a year and you had given me a promise ring. In my head I was already making plans for our future together. Everything was going good and seemed like I was going to be able to spend forever with you.

But on that day in January, you decided to end it. You told me that you didn't know what you wanted and you needed time to think about it. You told me that it wasn't me but it was you. But that was a lie. I had to find out from my best friend that you left me for a girl that lived closer. You couldn't stand the fact that I couldn't be there all the time. You had me waste a whole year of my life and put my dreams on hold for you,

I was really hurt. I kept myself locked up in my room for days. I only came out for the bathroom and work. I went into a depression. I couldn't go five minutes without crying uncontrollably. It took everything in me to go to church that Sunday. I didn't want to see anyone and I just wanted to be alone. To be honest you made it feel like something was so wrong with me that I was undeserving of love.

It's taken some time to correct the damage you've done and I would be lying if I said that I was completely okay. It still hurts to see a picture of you and your girlfriend, It stings a little when certain memories have you attached but it's definitely softened in the last year. I have finally learned that there isn't anything wrong with me and that I am very deserving of love. I'm at a place that I am ready to try again.

I don't really have any hard feelings towards you. I know that you were a lesson in my life and that you weren't meant to be permanent no matter how much I wish you were. So thank you for teaching some valuable lessons that I can carry on to the next relationship. And if you actually end up reading this, thank you for all the memories you have given me.