First thing's first: I think it is important that we know that your family didn’t end a relationship with me -- it was your daughter. Just because I am no longer a heavy part of your daughter’s life does not mean I have to be completely out of her family’s lives. I am not talking hanging out and being buddy-buddy, but I am here if you or your family ever needs anything, whether it be a person to talk to or help moving boxes -- I am here.

I think in our society there is a stigma that we aren’t supposed to get along super well with our significant other’s parents, or the stigma that when a relationship ends it is the end of everything. Your daughter was my high school sweetheart, and it is hard to forget that. Being with someone for that long at such a young age, it is hard to forget everything that she was in my life. I don’t mean that in an individualistic way either. What I mean is that I miss you. Well, I miss you and your family. Just because we broke up, doesn’t mean that I don’t exist anymore.

We could say that we didn’t get along but I would disagree with that. Despite our difference in opinions, I loved you like a mother. You were always there for me, and I never truly showed my appreciation. Truth is, your daughter and I were just kids. We still are, but over time I realize the mistakes I have made. I think I came off as ungrateful. I was oblivious to the amount you were there for me. I saw every time you were there for me as a time you were there for me because you wanted to be there for your daughter. I realize now that is not the case.

I don’t know what you think of our breakup, but I know that I have no hurt feelings. No hate was created from it, and I have never hated you or any of her family. As the idiom goes, “Life is too short for hate.” Despite our differences and arguments we had, I was always the opposite of hate. All of our disagreements were either over the care we had for your daughter or the fact that we were both such hard-headed people. I think it’s important to know that I respected you more than a lot of people I have met in my life, but I never really came off that way.

In the end, I hope that everything in life works out. There was a time I thought that you would be the grandmother of kids I would have, but I realize now more than ever how silly that was. I was such a silly kid who was dumb and in love. I hope a guy comes along for her that is better than me in every way. I hope he is everything you would hope she would fall for. I hope that you know I am sorry for the way things worked out.