This goes out to the friends who left when they swore they never would. The ones who stopped answering my texts without any reason behind it. The ones who stopped putting in the effort because distance became a factor. The ones who shared so many great memories with me, but seemed to easily forget them.

Distance sucks. We all know this. But what sucks even more is the fact that as soon as you needed to put in a little bit more effort, you simply gave up. That was the end. No more adventures through neighborhoods we had never been in, no more nights where we laughed until we cried and no more memories that would last a lifetime. In the snap of a finger, all of those memories seemed to fade for you. But I never forgot.

I will never forget the days we spent together. We would have so much fun. Whether it was just a simple night at the house or a night out with our gang, every day we spent together was an adventure.

But we ended up going our separate ways. You went away to school, and so did I. Communication became a bit hard, but we tried to work it out. We would see each other on breaks, and we would make an attempt to see each other whenever we could. But as our lives got busier, our work got harder and our worries became greater, it seemed as if distance tore our friendship to shreds.

I always had that worry. The worry that the inevitable "temporary-ness" of our friendship would prove true. People always talk about it. When you go to college, you lose a lot of your friends. As much as people told me that, I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to believe that some of the friends that I had spent years of my life with would disappear that quickly, that those memories I replayed in my mind would soon be nothing but a reminder of a broken friendship.

But the truth is, I miss you. If I could, I would 100 percent go back to the days when we were still close. And if you were willing to fight to keep this friendship alive, I would too. But that is where the problem lies. I care too much, and from what it seems, you care too little. All the unanswered texts, missed phone calls and ignored requests to make plans. I am tired of going all the way and not even being met by you.

So I guess it's just the sad fact of life. Friendships don't last forever, and clearly ours didn't. It was fun while it lasted, and I appreciate the role you played in my life. As much as I wish we could be friends, I don't think we can be.

So thank you for everything, and I hope you are happy. I hope your new friends treat you the way you deserve to be treated, because you are genuinely amazing and you should never forget that. Live life and be happy. Miss you.

Sincerely,

The friend you left behind who still thinks about you every day