Dear Boy,

Six months and ten days. That’s how long we were together for. That’s how long I gave you my heart. That’s how long it took for you to realize that you wanted something different. Something that wasn’t me. We have our great days and our terrible ones. We got close and then you ripped us apart.

Now after the summer ended you realized that you lost the one person who cared. The one person who would be there for you when you were crying on the floor at four in the morning.

Were the girls you dumped me for not good enough? Regardless, you ruined my life and then tried to sneak your way back in. I must give you credit because you almost had me for a while, but you didn’t change. I did. You are to thank for that change in my life.

Our relationship was a complete joke and game to you from the beginning and I can clearly see that now. Honestly, I have to thank you for letting me go over the summer. You showed me what I deserve and how strong I have to be to get what I want.

The drunken phone calls, text messages, and snap chats were cute in the beginning but then, they got old to me just like our relationship did to you. You let me go to have your summer fun. Granted I hope your summer was fun while mine was spent in therapy and tubs of ice cream. But now I am the one at the top. I am the one who has had a great past semester while you are the one drinking yourself to sleep at night. I am no longer the one from this past relationship who pines for the other.

This semester started with me not being able to look at you while you tried to pressure me back into that destructive relationship. You wanted to have fun over the summer and thought that I’d be pining for you so you could have me back. That must have been a shock to see that I moved on. Now every day you are the one to send the “I miss you” and the “I still love you” text messages while I am happily living my life in the bed of another guy.

At the end of the day, thank you. You showed me that I am more than a girl who needs a boy. I am more than the girl who needs to pine a boy. I am certainly more worth than just a girl to be with on your terms. I am a girl that a boy will cherish. I am a girl that a boy will never want to lose. I am the girl that someone will fight for. I am a strong and independent girl who never needed you in her life.

Thank you,

Me