Saying Goodbye to Your Best Friend

This blog post represents my opinions, and my opinions alone

The decision makes me sad, it does; I've decided to end contact with the one I used to call my best friend, H. 

Ten to eleven years of friendship, washed down the drain, because I've realized that it has been lined with abuse, manipulation, bullying and injustice towards me for years. Why? Because she takes me for granted. In truth, she doesn't respect nor appreciate me whatsoever.

It all began when she accuses me of doing her wrong. When I literally prove to her that I haven't, she criticizes me and tries to excuse her poor behavior and tone against me. I don't answer any of her texts because I already know that 1) she doesn't listen and 2) texting is not the way to talk about this. It's 50 per cent of communication done face to face. 

Everything spirals out of control because she believes she's right and entitled to dismiss my feelings and diminish me. After two weeks, we decided on a time to talk face to face. Four days later, she cancels on me the day before we were supposed to me. Later today, I found out that she did it because she ditched me to hang out with her sister. (She's welcome to do it - just don't believe I'll stick aorund when she decides on the time and then ditches me out of nowhere with a lame- excuse that she's "busy"). 

During same day, in the evening, I meet one of my best friends, M, who's in town for the weekend. After our dinner, we passes by a restaurant where I see former best friend, H, and a common friend, I, together. I wave politely to both before I and M continues. We had planned to enter the same restaurant but we decided to continue without hesitation since it's only natural that I don't want to be in the same restaurant as H. H and I become very shocked to see me, happy and enjoying myself, especially H. Because, two minutes later, I get a call from H where she condescends me and tries to make me look like a bad friend for not entering and greeting I, who's a shallow friend in town for the weekend. 

The call ends badly and I have made the decission to never be her friend again.

And now, a few minutes earlier, her older sister texts me, asking why I've blocked H. 1) No, I haven't -- my phone's on night mode, it doesn't receive calls, it's automatic! 2) Why should I care that H is "really sad" when she calls to descend me, and tries to ruin my night with M? 

The drama continues, people… 

H started it, H continues it, H shall finish it. 

Everything began because she believed that she unjustly and without proof can accuse me of something. When I told her that she was wrong and asked her not to speak to me in a certain way because it, honestly, hurt me, hell breaks lose. And, to excuse it as a "misunderstanding" is to avoid the truth. She can't accept my critic and disrespects me in the meantime. It's not true friendship if someone can't listen nor respect you.

If this is the way eight years of friendship ends, so be it. I'm done with abuse, disrespect and manipulation.

Everbody deserves better. Especially from so called friends. 

This blog post represents my opinions, and my opinions alone

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naz_soshi_fx
#1
I'm sorry you had to go through that but you deserve a friend that can appreciate you as well. I know the feeling of breaking it off with a best friend after finally realising that you're the only one really putting in the effort in for the friendship. So I hope you feel better now that you don't have any more negative energy in your life :)!
XxGoldenHMxX
#2
I'm sorry it had to end like that.
May I ask why you kept on becoming friends when knew she wasn't the best person you could've been friends with?
Also, did your two best friends keep in contact with each other?
Clon_105
#3
Stay Strong! I hope everything can be a good endind for all.
macoku
#4
7 years ? Wow.
BlackRosesTears
#5
After reading your blog, I can totally understand why you don't want to continue this friendship.
And as someone who had such a friend too in the past, I can just say you are doing the right thing if she acts like that.
You can find a good, a true friend that will treat you better.