post-friendship breakup
It's been a year since I ended a 5-year friendship. It was an ugly chapter of my life. I'm not proud of it but it was necessary. I felt disrespected. I was hurt. I drew my boundaries. But let's not revisit that today. I just reflected on how I am after that.
I'm definitely much better without the friendship. My life has been peaceful so far. I'm glad I don't get to interact with them.
And I plan to keep things that way. A few friends ask if I will ever forgive them or what I will do if we come across each other. Well I've already forgiven them, first of all. So we good. And if we ever come across each other, that's no problem, I'll say hi.
However, I don't think I can give them the friendship that we had before, the hanging out, the usually talking, etc. Things have simply changed after that. I can't imagine hanging out with them again like nothing has happened. I hope they can respect that.
Some friends talk to me about why I don't want to see them and/or talk to them. The pressure gets to me sometimes. But I have to remind myself that my feelings are valid and that I have my limits too and they should be respected.