Breakups are never easy. Going through them can only make you a stronger and more independent person. I wrote this letter out of pure emotion and decided it was finally time to share it with the world.

Dear You,

You broke my heart.

You were the first boy I ever let love me.

I gave you my absolute everything.

And you destroyed me.

You made me feel worthless.

You made me feel like I wasn’t worthy of love.

You made me feel like I wasn’t pretty enough.

You made me question every emotion I ever had for you.

All of the good times we had, you ruined.

All the times you said you “loved me,” did you really mean it?

You brought me into your family’s life.

I brought you into my family’s life.

I cried while you held me tight and told me everything would be okay.

You told me you would always be there for me.

You talked about our future.

When I found out what you had done to me, a piece of my heart died.

All of these questions swarmed into my head but the biggest was “why?”

Why would you try so hard for so long, only turn around and break me?

I cried more than I should have.

I thought you were the one.

I thought I was in love.

But I was wrong.

I was oh, so wrong.

I was in love with the idea of you.

I was in love with the idea of someone loving me more than I love myself.

I was in love with the idea of a relationship.

By hurting me, you taught me to love myself.

I learned that I am worth so much more than you ever gave me.

I am a beautiful, compassionate, caring, funny young woman who has her whole future ahead.

I will not let you destroy me.

You will not win because I already did.

You cheating on me was the best thing to happen to me in our relationship.

It helped me reflect on our relationship and see how unhealthy it was.

It helped me to see how much growing up you need to do.

It showed me that friends and family would stop at nothing to help me to feel better.

By you cheating on me, I learned that I was in love with the idea of you, and you were never in love with me.

By you cheating on me, I learned that the best thing I can do is forgive.

Yes, I forgive you, but my family will never.

I have to forgive you or else I will never be able to move on.

I pray that you never get cheated on because it literally destroys a part of your heart.

I pray that you seek help with the things you are struggling with within yourself.

I pray that one day you look back at our relationship and think about how happy I made you.

One day, you will look back and think “Man, why did I ever let her go?”

And the only person you will have to blame is yourself.

I am a catch, but you were too blind to see.

I am writing this letter to thank you.

Thank you for cheating on me and making me realize how much more I am worth.

Thank you for breaking my heart, because it only made me stronger.

Thank you for showing me an unhealthy relationship, and to never settle for another.

Sincerely,

The girl you cheated on.