Dear Ex-Best friend,

Thank you. That is for the memories I will always remember spanning the last four years. How are you? This was a question I never had to ask you because I knew what you were feeling, even when you couldn’t communicate your emotions. I could read you, knew you more than you knew yourself, and vice versa. You remembered the moments I forgot.

Presently, I don’t know anything about you anymore. Honestly, it felt like a bee sting when you told me your other friend "...was the only person there when I needed someone." You and I both know that statement is not true. We Facetimed every night, especially on the weekends we would have FaceTime sleepovers. There was not a time I was not there for you until the end.

One thing I ask of you, that I will give you in return: don't put up a fake front. You were my everything; the sacrifices I made were stupid of me, but it felt right in the moment. However, it was never reciprocated. Everyone knew we were inseparable. If you got one of us, you got the other too. We were a packaged deal. We walked through hell together and made it out stronger than we were before.

You were my “go-to,” the one person I called in times of trouble. Songs, movies, restaurants, anything in this world, reminds me of you. Yes, I do miss you at times, but then I realize why we're not best friends anymore. There are videos of us saying “...our children will become best friends…” We had dreams, but that’s all they were.

“We met for a reason, either you’re a blessing or a lesson” (Frank Ocean). Looks like you turned out to be a lesson. We both thought we were going to be the friends that last forever. Joke's on us. I am still using the word “us” like we hang and talk every day. I will never say I regret meeting you or I would do anything to change my past.

You came into my life and taught me to see what I needed in my next best friend - the thing that was missing between you and me. Mistakes were made, but lessons were learned. We watched each other break down, but also grow. Some of the best moments were when we looked back at old pictures and videos and realize how far we came. Remember how afraid we were to attend college and leave each other, and we planned our visits and how our reunions would look.

Now, we don’t even want to see one another. I know you cry at night alone in bed sometimes, maybe it’s just to tire you out to go to sleep, but don’t forget I knew who you were. So please don’t act like someone you’re not and try to show off to make me “jealous”.

I might not know who you are today, but we were attached at the hip. I wouldn’t be shocked if people thought we were a couple. Therefore, I respect you enough to never let anything you told me in private to enter the rest of the world. We trusted each other at that exact moment and no one else.

This is not an “I Want You Back Letter”, but it’s a “Thank You Letter.” Thank you for being a part of making me who I am today. I would never wish anything bad upon you because at one point I took those people down who wished that upon you. Have a good life and don’t make the same mistakes we made growing up. We went through those chapters already. Create a new book (or movie- only you would understand that) and title it “A New Beginning with a New Best Friend." Thank you.

From,

Your Ex-Best Friend