Dear numb nuts,

Do you know what you did? You really let a good one get away. I mean, have you met the girl you let slip through your fingers? She is too good for this world, and definitely too good for you. Except you didn't just let her slip away, you didn't just walk away from her- you had to break her heart while you did it.

Okay, I know you don't know me that well. You've heard about me more than you've interacted with me. I know you, though. I know everything about you. I've poured over your conversations, seen a million pictures, and read almost every text. I have looked at every angle, every possible thought you had in your head to try to understand what you do and why. I've been doing this far before you left, though. It's just a lot harder now. Now it isn't what to say back or what to wear, it's why did you leave and why wasn't she good enough. Most days, I'd kick you in the face if you were close enough.

I don't hate you. I want to hate you, but I don't. I hate that you are out there living your life, while I'm holding her head up at night trying to put back all the pieces that you shattered her into. I know you can't see it- but you really did a number on her. And while you're still trying to be friends with her, she's trying to forget about you altogether.

I don't want you to come back, but I want you to think about her when you're doing things. I want you to stop sending her the same flirty things you did when you guys were a thing. I want you to politely excuse yourself from her life long enough for her to get over you completely. And most of all, I want you to think about her the next time you decide someone isn't who you wanted, and not go about it the same way. All I want is for you to grow up, and realize you can't leave things the way you left things with her. You're not a bad guy, but you went about things all wrong. I don't want you to do that to anyone else. I don't want another girl thinking she isn't good enough for anyone just because she wasn't good enough for you.

I don't want another girl rereading old texts wondering if you meant any of it at all. Or feeling sad watching romantic movies because the way you left her made her feel like no one will ever love her like that. I don't want anyone to feel the way my best friend has felt since you left her. I don't want another best friend somewhere listening to the crying of the next girl you leave trying to convince her that you didn't take the best of her with you when you left.

Honestly, you're just a guy that never deserved her to begin with, and I'm just a girl who's trying to convince her of that.

Sincerely,

The person who cleaned up the mess you made