add me to the list of people who have gone through something similar.

i had a best friend all throughout middle school, and people would always say we were practically joined at the hip. we were even still close like that during our first yr of hs. then, during sophomore yr, she met this new girl and started hanging out w/ a diff crowd of people. she completely ditched me after that. she stopped calling and inviting me to do stuff. we would all sit together at lunch, but halfway through they'd get up to go do stuff and just leave me there w/o a word. they'd talk about all the things they did together over the weekend right in front of me, as if it wouldn't be hurtful to me that i obviously hadn't be included. anyhow, i didn't have a lot of other friends at the time, so that was a very painful and lonely yr. i remember thinking that it hurt just as bad if not worse than getting dumped. i felt really betrayed.

i remember a couple yrs later we kind of reconnected and she said something randomly about how we had grown apart, and i remember thinking "more like you blew me off." i never said anything like that, though. at that point, we were just acquaintances, and it was kind of awkward b/c i felt like she was almost a stranger to me. not to mention, i was still kind of bitter about the way she had treated me.

we didn't really talk much during college, but we've reconnected again since then. we're not super close, but i don't harbor any negative feelings towards her anymore. surprisingly, i must say that she has actually grown into a wonderful woman with a great life. i'm proud of her b/c it isn't the outcome i would've ever predicted having known her as a kid. she's a much better person now than she was even when we were best friends.