Dear my Ex-Best Friend,

Do you remember me? We used to be best friends before you started showing that short-term relationships were more important than a friendship of years. Despite what many said, you started showing that whoever you were dating had more control over you than your friends did. Remember the day you started showing your friends what he said? How we are "girls with problems"? Two weeks later, you started saying some very cold things towards your friends and then quickly apologizing hoping everything would be okay between us again. Many forgave you and forgot about what happened. However, it became such a repeated habit most of your friends stopped believing you and we all lost contact or cut ties because we were tired of being treated like none of us mattered. I also heard all the secrets shared started getting spread around.

I remember when she was my best friend: always joking around and talking about everything under the sun whether it be music, school, or people neither of us could stand. However, then Boyfriend #1 came along and then broke her heart. She would never be the same because she was in fear of being hurt again. Boyfriend #2 was not any better, only worse.

However, out of all the boyfriends, I will say this: Boyfriend #4 was the last straw. You never admitted it, but as your best friend I saw the change in how you started acting. You treated everyone around you like you were better than them. Sadly that even included your closest friends. I remember one day you said "You should start dating then everything would be better for you. You'd actually have someone to talk to everyday instead of only me." After that, you stopped responding as often and when you did, it was only hatred then a quick apology hoping we could still be friends. However, it all ended when you said "Ugh maybe get a life instead of only me. I'm busy with (insert boyfriend's name) and don't want to talk". That was the last straw.

So dear my ex-best friend,

Even if you did hurt me, I wish nothing for the best for you. I heard you recently broke up with your boyfriend and are alone because you lost your friends. Even if I know there is no chance of being friends again, I wish you well. I hope one day you can realize that if you hurt others, they won't just run back the minute you want them too. I will look back on the good years and wish things were still the same, however I know things can't be the same anymore. We've both changed too much to pretend everything would be normal again.

I will always remember when she was my best friend.