One of the many things that life consists of is things coming and going. School, jobs, relationships, and friends, to name a few. One day you will earn that college degree, get that new full-time job, find a new and better significant other, and even make yourself a new friend or two. Forever is not a realistic concept, especially with friends. I am fortunate that I do maintain contact with a select number of friends that I met back in elementary school. However, for the most part, many that I had been friends with at one time are no longer in my life for whatever reason.

Some people have come and gone a few times before walking out that proverbial friendship door one last time. Considering how some of those people had treated me over the course of our friendship, I can say good riddance to some of those people.

I do not miss being someone's free chauffeur driving to God knows where to do God knows what. I can only imagine how much money I could have gotten if I charged people to drive them around kingdom come.

I do not miss being taken advantage because I am the friend with better credit. I learned that the hard way, several months and $1200 later.

I do not miss wondering whether or not you are going to pay your phone bill on time because the plan is in my name. I will be damned if I allow anyone other than myself to mess with my credit.

I do not miss sleeping over someone's house at the same time as their significant other is, along with whoever else happened to be there. I could do without being around some of those questionable sex partners.

I do not miss being singled out for a particular thing I was doing, primarily when I was not the only one guilty of said behavior.

I do not miss having my anxiety-driven behaviors coming into question or criticism. How cute must it be to have that mindset that I can push a button to turn my anxiety on and off?

I do not miss continually monitoring my quirks and behaviors around others, worrying about doing something "wrong". If I cannot be myself around you, I probably should not be around you anyway.

I do not miss false accusations that I would not always even hear from the accuser. If you are going to have the audacity to accuse me of some nonsense, at least tell me yourself instead of having me listen to it from someone else.

I do admit that it can sometimes get lonely and depressing being home almost every night. I was not always like this. But over the years, dealing with some toxic individuals, combined with my increasing anxiety, has changed me in ways I did not anticipate. If you are incapable of handling me, anxiety, depression, dysfunction, and all, then I am probably better off without you anyway for the sake of my mental health.