The Stages Of Breaking Up With A Friend
By Callie Byrnes
We had been best friends for 21 years — the longest friendship I’d ever managed to keep in my 21-year-old life. We’d grown up together, and as a result, we knew everything there was to know about each other: our favorite movies, our darkest secrets, every crush we’d ever fangirled over. We were the friends who texted each other the moment something happened, whether that was our first kiss or our first break up, who planned a future where our kids would marry one another and eventually send us to the same nursing home where we’d grow old together.
We were best friends, twin flames, two sides of the same coin. And then, suddenly, we weren’t friends anymore.
We have a tendency to talk about the heartbreak of losing a significant other but rarely talk about the heartbreak of losing a friend. But the fact of the matter is, sometimes it hurts more, because friends are the ones who are supposed to be with you through all the break ups, all the heartbreaks, all the ups and the downs. But who do you go to when the person you rely on is the one who hurt you the most?
Getting over it isn’t easy. You find yourself checking your phone every few minutes just hoping for a text. Even when you don’t want to hear from them. Even if you’re not sure you’ll reply. Sometimes you just want the affirmation…
