An open letter to my ex-friend:
I wish I could say I still respected you. I wish I had nothing but good things to say about you. I wish that we could still be friends. However, you’re not the type of person I can respect and consider a friend anymore.
Let me start by saying "thank you" for all of the good times, and all of the times you were there for me. I will not forget those memories and will give you credit for them. However, after a while, those good times and times you were there for me slowly dwindled down, and a side of you that I could not be around came out. You became selfish, disrespectful, and to put it simply, two-faced. You were no longer fun to hang out around. I wish when people asked I could just say we had our differences but that would be a lie.
You were selfish in sharing things that were supposed to be communal. Selfish in that what you wanted happened, you didn’t care if it went against what someone else was doing or wanted you did it anyways. You didn’t even care to listen to me when I tried talking to you. I think that speaks volumes to the type of person you’re turning out to be, someone that won’t even try to have a conversation concerning someone else’s wants or needs.
This was the ultimate cake-topper, seeing first-hand how disrespectful you actually are. I don’t know how you grew up but I grew up learning to respect peoples' things and more importantly, people. When I saw how you treated your mom sometimes I couldn’t help but lose respect for you. Then, when you started disrespecting me any remaining respect I had gone away. I could only hope that one day you will learn a lesson in respect and maybe just maybe we can try to be friends again.
I’m not sure if I am on the list of people that you talk badly about behind their back, but if I was or still am on that list, doesn’t really matter to me. I do feel bad when I see victims of your trash talk hanging out with you, but that’s not any of my concern anymore. One day they may or may not find out and if that day does come hopefully for your sake they’re not as hard on you as I was. Hopefully, for your sake if they ever find out of the things you were saying they will have a heart and still consider you a friend.
Leaving you in my past was a hard decision I had to make. I’m not sure how it makes you feel, but for me, it’s sad to see a good friendship die out due to selfish disrespectful tendencies. I know I’ll see you around and I hope nothing but the best for you. I hope you learn a lesson or two on respect, and non-selfishness for your sake. Thank you again for everything in the past and goodbye and good luck on all your future endeavors, my ex-friend.
