When Your Childhood Best Friend Becomes Taken Over by Greed

An Open Letter

When I was in university I thought to myself, ”Is this a bridge worth burning?”. It was an easy decision to make. You had contacted me on Facebook messenger. You said you were in town for the first time in a while and wanted to hang out. I never replied.

You commented on one post since then. But silence followed the rest. It was my turn to abandon you now. You’ve already done it to me before.

I still remember the good times. You got me into one of our favorite video game franchises ever, The Sims. I also got you into another one of my favorites, Final Fantasy. You helped me clean my room. I remember when we experimented with my hair to make it look like Izumi Curtis’s. Just for fun for both of us. It took me forever to brush the tangles out of my hair. There is a pool of happy memories.

But I can’t let all the good times gloss over the fading character traits of a great friend. The last time I saw you in person was at our branch university. I said hello. Although I was about six feet away you chose to ignore me.

But at least you would give me the casual hi back then. We never hung out during school hours. Not when others would see me with you. When that new church we attended was built I was so excited when I found out we would be attending together. You would hardly talk to me there.

I remember when you showed your friend my Quizilla. I had made it quite personal. You both sat and laughed at it while on the phone with me. I never got an apology for that. My self-confidence was low back then. Not yet knowing I was neurodivergent, I had somehow thought I was to blame.

We would sit on the bus home together. But now that I look back, I realize we only had one other friend on the bus. The pickings for you were slim.

I had brought my portable DVD player for the ride to and back from the middle school trip to Washington DC. I had brought anime and was looking forward to watching it with you. You ended up using it to watch something else with your friend who sat in front of us. I had asked for it back but you ignored me.

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