Day 22

A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.


Dear Ex-friend,
   I am sorry that our friendship had to end, we had a good few years. But you disliked my husband for no real reason, except that, once he was in my life, I suddenly had someone else to share more of my time with, which is owed a significant other. You were nice to him when we all hung out, but constantly made little jabbing jokes to him and about him, which were always on the meaner side. It also really bothered me that you had the nerve to say that Nick and I didn't have "real" jobs like you, because we worked for our dads. Just because we work for our parents, doesn't mean the job is not just as good as yours and that we are not just as independent as you. That remark (which you made more then once) always made me feel you were looking down on me. How is that being a true friend? Also, you never seemed to understand that life gets busy sometimes, and plans have to change, especially when one is planning a wedding and then trying to settle into married life (because my life is totally back to how it was before I was engaged now, if you had waited, things would have settled down). If I had to change plans on you, it was always, well "I have a friend in the same situation, and they are just as busy, yet they ALWAYS have time for me too." No matter what I said, I was always in the wrong. It was as if, toward the end, you had predetermined I was a bad friend who wasn't worth it anymore.  You always acted like you went through so much to stay my friend, yet those that I have been friends with for 6 years or more, can go weeks with out seeing me or talking to me, and when we do finally see each other, we pick right back up where we left off, and would do anything for one another. I guess we were just way more different then we thought, because I have never had any of the drama with them, like the drama I had with you.  I do hope you have a nice life however. Goodbye.


Sincerely,
Ashli Spurrier West