Dear Now Unfriended Friend,
Hey...you're probably not reading this because I finally decided to unfriend you off Facebook, but I'm writing this to you anyway. Unfriending you probably doesn't come to any surprise as we haven't spoken for a couple years now. Drifting apart from you was one of the saddest things for me, but I learned that happens to a lot of people and decided to continue moving forward. It was a sad day unfriending you because of how we used to be, like back when Hot Topic was the only store we shopped at or when we were each others twin for "Twin Day" during Spirit Week. Thinking back, you helped me through the tough days in middle school and high school, among other things that I'll never be able to thank you enough for doing for me. However, I realized you were not someone I should keep in my inner circle of friends as, towards the end of our friendship, I constantly felt I was low on your priority list. I once felt like I could give you a pass for that, but I eventually realized I had to come first on my own priority list. That being said, it was still nice to have you there, even if it was virtually. I smiled at your posts when they were on my screen when you'd discuss school or family and I never once thought negatively about you. Then recently I noticed that you started putting up posts (mainly about the election) that would constantly provoke people, something I realized later was likely on purpose. It wasn't the posts that provoked a negative response from others, it provoked negative responses from you. You didn't like what others had to say, so you put them down constantly. In the captions for your posts you would tear down whoever the post was about, not caring about who may be hurt in the process. Being mean and hurtful towards people who did nothing towards you, and then attacking people who wanted to share their feelings with someone they felt they trusted. I had enough of your hate towards others, I couldn't take it anymore. I miss the you I knew back in middle school when things were simple, but we are adults now and as cliche as it sounds, it is time to grow up. I unfriended you so you can't see my words, but I hope my disappearance from your feed is noticed because yours will certainly be noticed on mine. Clean of toxicity and hate, I will only see pleasant posts. Thank you for all you did for me all those years ago, but it was time to let go. Goodbye, friend. I'm sorry it came to this.
From your ex-FB Friend,
Victoria
