Dear ex-best friend,

At the very beginning, you and I were inseparable. We were the best of friends. We shared secrets and cried to each other at our worst. Our days were spent with each other and we never went a day without talking. I guess that you can say that we were in our very own relationship. You were the first person who I told about anything and the first person who I wanted to hang out with. I couldn't even imagine life without you until I actually spent it without you. Our friendship went from unbreakable to almost nonexistent and I have you to thank for that. Nobody wants to go through betrayal, especially from your best friend, but I have come to the realization that if you were really my friend, then you would have never hurt me the way that you did. So thank you for helping me open my eyes to what I was blind to for so long: the truth.

There are a lot of things that I can be thankful for, but I am truly thankful for what our friendship has done for me in the long run, even if it ended badly.

Thank you for showing me what a true friendship is. It may seem crazy to be thankful for betrayal, but showing me your true colors gave me an opportunity to find real friendship. Pushing me out of your life felt like the worst pain ever, but it was honestly the best thing that could have happened to me. I found my best friend for life because of you and it's as real as can be.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and this has made me unbelievably strong. I am not going to lie, losing our friendship made me cry rivers, but it has made me stronger. I know better now and realize when somebody isn't what they say that they are. I am no longer blinded to the truth. I will continue to stand up for myself. Standing up against you was something that I never regretted. That is who I am as a person and you hated seeing me strong because it made you weak.

I now know who I am as a person and I love it. Being your friend was more complicated than I care to admit. It was always a competition. Who is the smartest? Who can get a better test grade? Who has the best hair? Who is the most talented? It didn't matter what it was, you were in constant battle with me over who was better. There was always a constant one-upping with you and it grew tiresome. It's hard trying to figure out who you really are when you are too busy letting someone else control what you do with your life. After our friendship ended, I stopped being that competitive person because there was no one who was trying to compete with me. Being in college, I now realize who I really am and what I am becoming. I am becoming someone who I love, all thanks to you.

In all honestly, I will never forget you and our good times. Even though you would bring the worst out of me, you also would bring the very best out of me as well. I will never deny the love and care that I had for you and I will never regret our friendship either. Not every friendship is meant to work. Although I wish that our breakup had been on a better note, I hope for the very best for you. I pray that you become a better friend to whomever may come into your life in the future. I am not bitter anymore about our falling out. At some point, we must move on and forgive those who may not deserve it. If, in the near future, we come across each other, just know that I have moved on, I forgive you, and I will never forget you.

Good luck to you and all of your accomplishments. Farewell, my old friend.

Sincerely,

Your ex-best friend