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Horrible Friend, Great Teacher

Thank you to my ex-best friend for being such a great teacher to me.

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We do not talk anymore on the same level as we used to before. You used to be my best friend, my go-to, the one I would call at 2 o'clock in the morning to give me advice when I needed it. Now, all we can hardly do is smile at each other in the halls, but that is only because I feel obligated to look at you. We have some classes together, and I can feel the tension between you and me because the last time we talked you pretty much told me that our friendship was stupid and you could care less. As we sit in class I can sometimes feel you staring at me. All I can think about is the six years we spent together filled with so many memories. But the more I think about them, the happier I am knowing we are not friends anymore. Those times we spent together, were probably the worst times of my life. You held me back from meeting so many great people in high school, you held me back from so many amazing opportunities.

As we ended our long and painful friendship at the end of fall semester of freshman year, I am so glad I moved out of that small, tight dorm room. If I stayed in room 303, I would not have opened up and came out of this shell that you put over me, keeping me in there like I was your little pet that you had to control. I would have never joined an organization so great and gained so many sisters who care more about me than you ever did in the six years we were "friends", and they have only known me for a semester. You sit there and tell me that I'm dumb because all I am doing is paying all this money just to have friends, but you will never understand and I will not take the time out of my day to explain my amazing sorority to such a close minded person like yourself, who at the end of the day is just full of jealousy because you can tell that I am the happiest I have ever been since you got out of my life.

After our friendship ended, I look back and you have actually helped me. You have taught me a few things, and for that, I will never have regret for being your friend. You have taught me to always stand up for myself. I should never let someone so petty, and someone who has no authority over me just walks all over me and control me. Those are the type of people I do not, and will not, allow in my life anymore. You have also taught me that there are actually friends out there who do genuinely care about me. In our friendship, you never really cared what I had to say or how I felt. At the end of the day, it was all just for you. But there are friends who actually care, and will be there for me no matter what it is. They will constantly check in and see how I am doing. If I would bring up any subject with you, it had to somehow turn into you, and now it's your problem. My true friends will actually sit there and listen to what I have to say and help me. And the most important thing you have taught me is that there is more to life than just sitting at home watching Netflix. I have learned to go out and meet new people every day and branch out.

Thank you for teaching me many things in life. I hope you soon come to the realization of what life is really about and changes your ways.

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