I’ve known you my entire life, my friend. As we grew up, we became more than just once childhood friends. Is it sad to say I miss being your girlfriend? I miss making you smile and our uncontrollable laughter as we laid in the grass. We were just like a movie, me and you, you and me. It didn’t matter if I hadn’t showered in a week and I had just thrown up, you still told me how beautiful I was to you. A year later, I question why we broke up yet still, and more importantly, why we are talking again.
When you went off to college, you ended our relationship. You said to me “we need a break.” I don’t think we did. I loved you more than anything else in my life. You then proceeded to lead me on for months after the initial breakup: a night in your dorm, days spent with each other on the couch and going out to eat. Then, it suddenly all ended. You just stopped talking to me, and I felt like I was left behind as you found a new “you.” You suddenly had a new girlfriend, new friends and I heard about the parties you went too.
I have gotten over the fact that you have found a new you in this crazy mixed up life. Though, you’re home now and we’re talking again. I love speaking to you, don’t get me wrong. Two months ago though, I was not good enough. I am now, though. Am I just a toy you drop when you get bored suddenly? Am I just something you want to be with for a while before something better comes along?
This is a more popular thing as our culture seems to come to a slow of progress. I see more girls than just me being left behind and then picked back up. Those girls, just as myself, often go back to that person after all that has happened between them. Now, I have a call to action for everyone around me, my peers, only we can change how we are treated. Always know that you come first, no one else in your life, you do. No boy or girl is worth dropping everything the second they text or call. You aren’t their first priority, so why should they be to you? Making special trips for them or anything special for them because “they need you” isn’t healthy either. They don’t need you—I hate to break your heart, but they don’t. They have manipulated you into convincing you that they need you.
The only way we can change our society and rid this awful habit is if we all stand together. We are strong and independent! We can change this, I promise. Stand with me.
