My best friend Christina. We’d been friends since 2010. She started seeing a guy and they got engaged. I was legit happy for her. Then the fiancé told me I was never going to talk to her again. She changed all her contact info and I haven’t seen or heard from her in three years.
My Siamese cat that I grew up with. We were best pals, but she got old, as we all do, and passed away nearly 50 years ago. I still miss that spunky little gal.
My best friend took a pew pew and pew pew’d themselves. They were on a cocktail of psychiatric medications along with alcohol and weed addiction. It’s a shame because they were a wonderful musician, would have probably made it big if they didn’t do that. Took me 3 years to get over them
Funny you should ask; this is the 22nd anniversary of her passing. My dear friend Deborah–met her in 5th grade when she moved here from England. Best friends until she died from a brain tumor when we were both 39.
My best friend from elementary school to college. Her and another friend were in a head on collision our 3rd year of college going back to school after a weekend visiting home. Our other friend died instantly. My best friend was in a coma for over a month. When she regained consciousness, her memory was gone. She didn’t know who I was or remember anything from our growing up years. I tried to help her remember by talking about what we used to do, and we tried hanging out and doing things together, but ultimately it was too hard. She didn’t remember anything—her parents, brother, boyfriend. It was such a difficult time but everyday I’m thankful she survived. I miss her so much. She got married, had two kids. Her husband recently passed away and I think about her so often still. I will always cherish the crazy times we had in high school and all of our memories.
My ex best friend was right by my side through all of my addiction issues. As soon as I actually got sober she was vicious towards me. I’ll never really understand why and that’s the hardest part because I thought I got a lot better when I got sober. But it is what it is at this point. We haven’t talked for three years and I genuinely believe she didn’t like me when I got my shit together, she just liked me when I was messed up.
I miss my best friend Mark. We met when we were 12 and we’re over 60 now. We made it thick and thin until the Trump fever hit. I’m afraid he became a gaslighting troll even to me.
I had to stop for my own mental health.
I hope we can find each other someday again. It’s really too bad.
i miss a few of my old school friends and even some work friends. some bailed when times got tuff for me and the other bailed when she got a man and got mad that i don’t have the same mindset as her that i need a man to make me happy like she does. wish them all the best
I miss those that have left us too soon. John, I think of you often I hope you’re in a better place my friend. Matt – think of you just as often and I miss our after training talks. Paul, I miss you everyday and still can’t believe you’re gone.
I have a few. When you get older, I think you miss the friendships that didn’t grow because both of you just let it fade. I had a close friend when I was in my 20’s but due to stupid reasons and emotions, we just stopped communicating. Ten years later and I realize how fucking stupid and childish it all was.
I miss one of my best friends who cut me off after I was in an abusive relationship. Her bf at the time told her it was a felony to associate with a victim of DV and it scared her into blocking me everywhere.
My best friend from college. We met in hs but went to different schools. But in college she was my ride or die. I miss her to this day. We just fell out of touch.
My HS best friend. A few years after high school we slowly stopped talking and she got pregnant and that really changed her. We caught up a few years ago and she was completely different and negative, then we stopped talking again. I no longer have her phone number.
A lot of them. My family moved a lot when I was growing up. There were two schools I attended longer than any others, one primary school I went to for two years, moved away then came back for three years, and my high school that I went to for four years but moved away again before my final year. At both of those schools I made solid friend groups. None at the other schools because I wasn’t at any of them long enough. I tried to maintain the groups of friends but after years of not living in the same city it always falls away. I am so jealous of people who have friends they’ve known since school that they still regularly see and spend time with. I am still Facebook friends with all my old school friends, both groups, and I see they all still hang out. They are all married with kids, they were all bridesmaids at each other’s weddings etc. It makes me sad to not be part of that.
A best friend that I did everything with had ended her life a few years ago. I understand why, and I’m not angry that she did it… But I have a whole different life now and I’m sad she’s not here to share it with. I’ve grown less fearful and we could have done so much more. it’s weird talking about her to my husband who never met her, or discovering new hobbies I know she would have loved.
2 peeps, I met both in highschool which I had contact with one of them bc we were super tight n made jokes, other one is my old best friend. She was super cool asf n we kept contact but sadly she lost her insta n new number so I can’t reach out to her anymore
My college roommate. I swear she’s my platonic soulmate. Lots of crazy shit went down, I left town, she left town and was basically in hiding from a crazy ex.
We lost touch for 25 years and recently found each other on FB. I wish she lived closer, but I AM going to make a trip to see her in the next two years if I can.
Probably the best friend who passed away 6-7 years ago. While I miss all my friends to varying degrees the fact that all of them are still alive and (hopefully) happy is a bit of a comfort. While he unfortunately missed out on so much because of the hand he was dealt and choices he made (infection and his body couldn’t fend it off because he had a drinking problem I believe).
One of my best friends from college fell to the way of drugs and disappeared. It’s now been 8 years and no one from my college social group knows what’s happened to him. I hope he got sober, I hope he’s doing well, but I have no clue what happened to him.
She and I had a big blowout over a guy when we were in our early 20s. I was crushing hard over him and we’d hung out a lot. She had never met him, but they connected and started a relationship that led to marriage… then divorce. Obviously neither of us could give two shits about him 20+ years later, but our friendship was effectively ruined.
Best friend from when I was young. We had a falling out in highschool and she moved away. Not long after, she got pregnant, gave birth, started planning a wedding. Told her mom she was planning on inviting me. Then committed suicide. She was only 20-21.
I miss my friend Hannah. She was so similar to me and we both have health issues, very sensitive and idk I could talk to her about anything. I don’t know but somewhere along the way she was sick and we lost contact, she basically disappeared off Facebook and I still have her email but she’s never responded to anything I’ve sent since. I hope she’s okay. I don’t have many genuine friends anymore.. I feel more alone now than before.
It was weird. There were three of us that were good friends. One of the three came to visit me when I was at university and he we had lunch and he seemed to be in good spirits. Shortly after that, he disappeared off the radar. He quit his job. He’s been sharing a place with another acquaintaince and they both moved out with no forwarding address. He was predeceased by his parents. We tried to find him but he had no social media presence and his first name and last name were extremely common. Then, after something like 5 years, the third member of our posse remembered his middle name and Googled him. Turns out he had been buried 3 months earlier and was indigent when he died 6 months before. He had been in the morgue until the municipality buried him. They didn’t even know his DoB so all that’s on his simple marker is the day he died. It was a shitty way to go for someone who had been an altogether decent human being.
My best friend. She died of ruptured brain aneurysms a few months after my youngest son was born. I hate that she never got to see her daughter grow up, and I hate that I got older than her.
My old gym buddy. Funny guy and brilliant motivator when we used to train together. Sadly, a number of years ago he stood as a town councillor for a political party I am strongly opposed to with all of my being; this happened around the same time I moved away, but his being involved with that party definitely contributed to my lack of effort in keeping in contact. We’d probably still get on alright if we crossed paths, but neither of us seem inclined to bother keeping in contact.
My best friend from college was an amazing woman. So generous and talented. We laughed all the time. I was always welcome in her family. I honestly thought we’d be bffs forever. We were friends over a decade.
Then she got married quickly and he seemed like a decent guy. Shortly after their wedding he SAed a woman I was good friends with (I accidentally walked in on it). People started talking and pieced together that he had done this to at least 5 women.
We still tried to be friends, but she stopped talking to me when I was subpoenaed to testify at his trial.
Somehow he manipulated he and played the victim, blaming it on trauma. She was college educated and making 6 figures. I’ll never be able to understand.
He took a plea and plead guilty. He served 20 days and is on the registry for life.
A few of her family members still talk to me, but no one seems to know anything.
I love her and hope she is safe, but can’t understand how she could enable and stand by a dangerous predator.
My friend Dj bro was the most loyal friend, maybe the only one who was actually a friend.. he got shot in a drive-by. Last time seen him we got into argument
Most notably my two childhood best friends. Unfortunately in my teen years I fell into a deep depression and slowly cut everyone off. My biggest life regret so far. Now being medicated and getting mentally sound, I think about those friendships almost daily. I don’t have any friends currently hoping to change that.
My friend Gregory. We worked together for probably 4 years.He was diagnosed with ALS during that period, and watched his deterioration. Always tried to be there for him when I could. He ended up taking his life a few months later when his body and mind couldn’t deal with it anymore. I still cry thinking about the pain he went through.
My best friend from Jr. High thru High School. We met the last day of 8th Grade and were fast friends after that. He even lived with my family for almost a year when his parents decided to move in our Junior year. He lived with us so he could finish his Junior year with me and his other friends. He moved back to his mom & Dad across the country, and finished his Senior year. They kicked him out when he turned 18. He got a job and suddenly became a born again Christian. He wouldn’t have contact with me much after that because I wasn’t a Christian, and he would write letters telling me to repent my life and become a born again. I said, “no”. That was his life, not mine so he stopped writing. He moved to Guam to be a missionary, got married, had some kids and then I lost track of him in the mid 1980’s.
A dear friend from my primary school died of brain cancer at 20. She would have gone on to do great things. She was smart, kind, creative and the hardest working person I ever met. I find myself thinking about her more as I get older, and how unfair it was that she got to experience so little of life.
My ex best friend. She married my ex boyfriend’s brother. Now she has the last name I thought I would take on. Sort of a wild experience. It’s all for the best though, I think.
My cousin/best friend. We were inseparable throughout school. She started dated a friend of my brothers, turned into a totally different person. Got home from school one day to my mom telling me she had called and told her to tell me she wanted nothing to do with me anymore. I was absolutely crushed. Haven’t seen her since our senior year of high school and haven’t spoke to her in 18 years. Still haven’t found someone that quite fits that hole. I miss you, Evelyn.
My ex best friend. We were close like a movie or TV friendship. She was my special person.
I think she ended up with an alcohol or mental problem or both. We were living a distance from each other at this point. Nothing made sense. I actually called her mom to please go visit her.
She became verbally abusive when I questioned what was going on (lost custody of her child, and so much more).
I had to cut ties because I couldn’t keep lighting myself on fire to keep her warm. I still miss what we had.
I miss my ex, in context of the fact that she really was my best friend and there was nobody else I’d rather do anything and everything in life with. Still sad years later about that. I’ve never had a relationship since then that felt as bonded, romantic or otherwise. It kind of boggles my mind that she never had a weak moment after she left to reach out in the years since leaving. Never heard from her again after 8 years together.
I also miss my best friend from college. He was a good influence on my life and helped balance out the day to day grind of school and practicum with late night gym sessions, and even weekend mornings playing squash or just shooting some hoops. I kept up the lifestyle for years after moving home but never did find another gym buddy. For whatever reason, he kind of just stopped responding to catch up emails within a few months of me moving away from the college town and while I still see updates of his life on social media, I never get a response. It always kind of hurt.
I’ve been fortunate to have some really strong bonds in my life with very few bridges burned but these two immediately come to mind as sad endings.
My ex best friend. We would always stay at each other’s houses and we grew up together. I had to move away and he got a long term girlfriend. I haven’t seen him in nearly 6 years and I miss him daily.
There were several of them. I wish they could’ve stuck around but we all have our own endeavors to pursue even it if involves moving somewhere else for work or school :/
My buddy in HS. We used to butt heads because of male rivalry or whatever and also his cousin would antagonize me. He asked me one day to buy him a juul since he was underage so I did. He gave me way too much money because we both didn’t know how much everything would cost. I gave him back the change and to him that showed that I was trustworthy because in his words I could’ve just kept it and not told him.
We ended up hanging out more frequently and I met his family and had sleepovers. I had no place to stay during college breaks so I would live with him and his mom and her boyfriend. His dad also had a girlfriend and I met her and his grandmother on his dad’s side. I went to his family’s funerals, out to eat, hung out damn near every day when we could, and bought weed that we smoked together. I was very immature at that age and going through a mild depression not to mention living on my own at the time and in my first year of college where I pretty much partied everyday.
We gradually started butting heads again and having less contact/ hangouts. I realize now that I wasn’t being fair to him and was taking advantage of his and his family’s kindness and generosity. I don’t blame him for the friendship falling out, I blame myself, and totally understand him.
I guess the moral of the story is that I regret not realizing I had a real friend and ruining that. I wish him well but I definitely don’t try to reach out anymore. It’s been like 6 years since that happened and I sometimes wonder how he’s doing. He was a real bro.
My old best friend from middle school. I lashed out at him after losing my entire family to the foster system.
Losing my family hurt, but holy shit did the pain of losing my best friend after treating him like shit that day haunt me. I felt like a monster.
I’d give the world to tell him he meant more to me than anything. Unfortunately, we were just kids, and I never was open about my abusive home life which made the surprise of my verbal attacks against him even worse.
Dave, took his own life, trained for war but not for the adjustment to civvy life. Top bloke, respected by all , stuck his neck out for all sadly none of us could help him. Rip brother.
A friend from girl scouts! Her name was Dawn and she was a cheerful joy to be around. She drowned on a family trip to a local beach and I have never forgotten her.
Lost my best friend to drugs when we were 19.
It’s been almost 12 years since and I feel like several times a week I experience something I wish I could have experienced with him or could talk to him about.
My old best friend who had feelings for me who I friendzoned and it drove her crazy, and we ended up just no longer being friends at all after a brief unhappy tryst that she forced on me.
Still, I loved her, and spending time with her, we got along really well, complimented each other I think. I would have stayed friends with her for the rest of my life I suspect, had feelings not gotten involved. 🙁
My ex-fiance. She was my best friend. She was incredibly close with her mom and she became a different person all together after she died. Three months later she called off the engagement.
He was an aspiring chef it’s a shame the world will never get to try his food. He was very kind and down to earth and always made those around him smile
My best friend in high school. We were also each others “first love” because we went out briefly but decided to stay as friends after I had to move 40 miles away (we were 13/14 so it was a totally innocent, puppy love kind of thing).
We’d speak on the phone for hours every single day without fail and everyone who knew us knew we were a “package deal”. He even started going to the same college as me to be closer apparently(UK college when you’re 16-18).
When I was 17 I met a boy who I was stupidly with for a couple of years, he was very jealous and controlling and kind of put a stop to my friend and I speaking outside of school. My friend also got in with a bad crowd and started doing drugs and stuff, his dad came to me at one point because things were getting really bad with him, I thought I was helping by speaking to him because I was so worried, but he (the mate) understandably was pissed off with me for speaking with him (his dad) about it which strained things further. For various reasons including those, we drifted.
I hear from him every couple of years and have a catch up. I’m 36 now, but I wish I could go back and change things because he was one of the greatest friends I ever had and I still miss him/the friendship we had.
Spazwinky – if you’re reading this, you were the absolute best.
Jeremy, my “best friend” in preschool. I didn’t know his last name, I never visited his house, and we were only in the same preschool for like 5:? months before I think his family moved.
Also a completely unrelated Jeremy, my cousin’s old neighbor. He could do backflips.
My ex best friend. We had a falling out at 19 due to me having trouble managing friendships and failing to respect her boundaries. Now at 25 I look back and see how wrong I was.
Since then I’ve been in therapy and have worked on myself. We share the same group of friends so we see each other every few months. I apologized for my behavior and for failing to respect her feelings. She accepted my apology. But nothing was the same since.
I am open to being friends again and we act cordial with each other whenever we hangout as a group. But it will never be the same. I still have a lot of love for her. And just wish things would be different.
My last best friend. She dropped me because I reported her bf for vandalism and she couldn’t understand why I did it (I was an officer at the time and upheld that even if friends did wrong, I would follow the law)
My high school best friend. We were inseparable, went on Summer holidays, and he came back a completely different person. Some days, I miss him. Other days, I think “fuck that guy.”
I miss my mom, who was like my best friend; she had a TBI over a year ago which sent her into early dementia and now she’s in hospice. It truly feels like the long goodbye.
Otherwise I miss my former bestie who gradually decided that she didn’t think I was a “true friend.” She was admittedly rather needy and a bit of a judgy narcissist in hindsight, but I still miss having her in my life and all the good times we had.
After a decade of friendship, it did become gradually clear that she expected far more attention and devotion than I could possibly give her. The irony is that her “all or nothing” attitude is one of the things I respected about her, but it’s a tiring way to live as a friend.
My best friend H. She had alcoholism and really let it derail her life during our late twenties. She missed my wedding due to rehab and went several times after as well. Her pride and alcoholism really ruined our relationship. She’s never met my child and I’m pregnant with my second now and she doesn’t even know as we haven’t talked in almost a year. I think about calling her almost every day but she also hasn’t called me. I haven’t seen her in almost 4 years but we tried to keep in touch over the phone. Had offered to fly her out several times over the years and she never took me up on it. So sad I miss her.
I miss my buddy Robert, he had to move back to Australia like about two or three years ago but he didn’t tell me so one day he was just gone, I knew he was moving but I didn’t know when. I still think about him and even some friends I had back then mention missing him too.
A classmate in high school talked to me just to touch my penis in front of everyone (it was a challenge set by her friend) and from there we became best friends to the point of treating each other like boyfriends without being boyfriends, I miss her because there was a good connection and we always told each other everything. I never found that in other friendships
My best friend. He was the most supportive person I’ve ever met. Unfortunately he met me under the worst time of my life and I was too much emotionally. I miss him so much.
My old magic the gathering and just general hanging out and talking about life, friend. I moved away to better myself 8 years ago today. And i just saw a video of him and i on my feed. Made me remember our last night hanging out. We both went through a lot of tragedy, and we had each other to lean on at the time. He has moved on to he now has a family, and I’m very happy for him, and I’m glad he’s able to go on with life, but I still miss the dude. We didn’t end with bad blood. We just ended with a goodbye.
I had an online group of friends in high school. We’d hang out, play games, and chat most days. Nothing too significant happened, it mostly just drifted apart- many are in college and giving that their attention now, school, new friend groups, etc. I still chat with some of them once in a blue moon, but I miss having that group to come back to regularly.
I miss my best friend in Middle School. The kid was funny AF. The thing is, he and I had a geeky sense if humor. That said, we made a nice little friend group of like-minded nerds and it was a great time. Over time we started making more and more friends until there wasn’t enough room at the lunch tables anymore. Then highschool came and he ditched all of us to hang out with more popular people and we completely lost contact. Fucking social climbers man… he 100% threw all of us under the bus after that.
I miss my old friend group from an ex. We would spend the entire day playing board games, laughing, and eating. We still watch each other on Instagram to make sure we’re doing okay but I miss the interaction and fun.
Everyone kinda split after my ex and I broke up. Everything happens for a reason I guess.🤷🏻♀️
Kait. She was like a sister, my parents took her in and she went on family vacations with us. A misunderstanding made her leave and our relationship never recovered. It’s been 10 years this year.
Someone I used to work with 40 years ago. We were in the same office together and we just got on so well. We had lots of nights out and fun together but she sadly died in a car accident 30 years ago and I was devastated. I couldn’t go to her funeral as I was away on holiday at the time and I never got to say goodbye to her properly. I didn’t have any photos of her until very recently when clearing through my mum’s stuff and I found all the home video tapes that had been kept. On one of the tapes, there is a minute’s worth of a mutual friend’s wedding and for a few seconds, my friend appears on screen. I can’t tell you the emotions i went through to see her and I’d totally forgotten that I even took my dad’s video camera with me to that wedding. She is on that footage, exactly as I remember her and I miss her still.
Oh it’s been 9 years and I think about her most days. Such a shame when things don’t work out and despite the promises you made to always be friends, you still drifted apart and will most likely never be in touch again. Sad but what can you do. Fate sealed.
My school friends from last year ended for a bad reason but sometimes it hurts because they were the best I’ve ever had. I also miss a friend of mine from 5th grade at school, we got along really well at the time and probably still do today
Buddy in college. We used to go to diners or dive bars and spend late nights drinking PBR and talking about life. Stayed in touch for a while but we both got married, moved to other parts of the country and just drifted apart.
My ex best friend and her then bf and I and my husband all moved into an apartment together. Worst decision we ever made. They were the worst roommates ever. Never cleaned up after themselves or their dog. Wouldn’t pay their share of the bills. So glad they decided to move out after six months. Never was friends with her again after that. That was 17 years ago.
My best friend from the village I grew up in had a heart attack and died at the age of 32.
For a couple of years in our early teens we hung out everyday. We drifted apart after that and we both moved away from the village, but I’d still bump into him in the pub when we were back seeing our families at Christmas.
A friend I had in college. We’re still social media friends, but she usually doesn’t respond timely if at all which is why the friendship fizzled out in the first place… I miss her. I thought adding her again, things would be different and we’d rekindle the friendship.
we worked together in a cafe when i was in my last years of high school. she was in her first years of college.
she helped me relearn reality after i came out of an abusive relationship (which had happened before i met her.)
i would pick her up sometimes in my crappy volvo station wagon when we worked on the same days if there was too much snow for her to get her car out. we would hang out outside of work when we could, but her boyfriend at the time was pretty controlling and manipulative.
she had beautiful eyes and the kindest smile. she would help me by setting aside or labeling certain colored stickers to mark the expiration of baked goods, since i’m colorblind and couldn’t tell the difference between red orange and purple.
life didn’t treat her fairly, she deserved much better just by how she treated others.
she left the company and i found myself not wanting to work there without her anymore. we’d said we’d go work someplace together, but it didn’t pan out really.
we’d kept in touch for some time after that, until about six-eight months after that. neither of us were doing very well mentally at that time. one day she just stopped returning my texts.
sof, if by some chance you’re reading this, i miss you. my number hasn’t changed. i live halfway around the world now but i’ve kept my number the same in case you called.
The one I miss the most is SN. We were so close in high school and stayed close through college but his last girlfriend in college really did not like him having a female best friend or maybe she just had a problem with me, I don’t know. We just grew apart. I do miss him. Omg I miss him so much and would give anything to just have a coffee with him and catch up on life. Or just do the old drive from OSU back up to West. I was just telling a friend here about the “Ball Jousting” club they started and the fight club in the parking lot where he knocked out one of Shawn’s teeth. Yeah he is the one I miss the most and wish we could have kept in touch.
On the miraculous chance he finds this, I still have that letter you wrote me. It’s in a box of things I’ve saved and stored at mum and dads. I hope I will remember to grab it and bring it back with me next time I’m in the States. Miss you friend CE
my ex best friend. we experienced homelessness, heart break, and so much together. but i was an alcoholic and couldn’t be honest and get my shit together for her to be able to stay in my life. i am a year and half sober now, and i will always miss her.
His parents were divorced, so he’d stay at his father’s house every weekend/Summer. Then his Mom moved to Maine, and he chose to live with her. His visits became far less frequent and eventually, once he turned 18, he stopped coming down all together.
He doesn’t have social media, he didn’t even have AIM, and this was before every kid/teen had a phone, so I completely lost contact with him. Last time I saw him was back in 2006.
I hope he’s doing well, he was a big part of my childhood. We became friends because he was always riding his bike by my house, doing this weird little hand dance thing…I cant describe it, but he was showing off that he could ride with no hands. I asked him why he did that… and boom, we started saying whats up to each other and quickly became friends.
My friend Jenny, from the age of 4, I’m 44 now. We lost contact often but always met again in random places around the country. She truly saw me (not many do) and me her, we adored eachother and always got up to the silliest of antics. She contacted me a few years ago to come and stay with me indefinitely, but as a single mum of small children and she was partying pretty hard at the time, I thought it was best she didn’t. A year later she died. I love you Jenny and I know you’re with me and visit me in the form of black birds. I will do what we always planned to I promise🐦⬛💕
I lost a lot of friends when I got back with my abusive ex. I understand why but that doesn’t make it hurt less and it’s made me cling harder and longer onto him.
Christina. My university best friend. We knew all each other’s secrets, we did everything together. I don’t even know why we stopped being friends, she just told me one day she wouldn’t be talking to me anymore. If you’re here Christina, I have a letter for you, and I really miss you
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I had some friendly people I interacted, but this was years ago
I miss my ex best friend. They fell into a bad crowd, though, and I couldn’t stay
I really miss my former best friend. She was special! I sooo hope she is happy, I hope she found her happy.
My buddy Mitch.
He was an awesome dude and a great friend, until he got a girlfriend.
RIP
My old Best friend we were friends for 10 years then we kinda grew out of eachother last I send him a happy birthday and he ignored me that hurt ngl
My best friend died when we were kids. I’m much older now with grown kids and still miss her. ❤️
My best friend Christina. We’d been friends since 2010. She started seeing a guy and they got engaged. I was legit happy for her. Then the fiancé told me I was never going to talk to her again. She changed all her contact info and I haven’t seen or heard from her in three years.
All of them, but I fucked them over and manipulated them until they couldn’t take it any more and they cut me out, deservedly.
I miss my best friend Winnie. We were like sisters, but I moved to another state and we lost touch. She’s still the best friend I ever had.
Idk if it counts but my dog
He was truly my dearest friend and I miss him terribly
My Siamese cat that I grew up with. We were best pals, but she got old, as we all do, and passed away nearly 50 years ago. I still miss that spunky little gal.
My best friend took a pew pew and pew pew’d themselves. They were on a cocktail of psychiatric medications along with alcohol and weed addiction. It’s a shame because they were a wonderful musician, would have probably made it big if they didn’t do that. Took me 3 years to get over them
Funny you should ask; this is the 22nd anniversary of her passing. My dear friend Deborah–met her in 5th grade when she moved here from England. Best friends until she died from a brain tumor when we were both 39.
My rabbit skittles, everyone else I am glad I’m not friends with anymore
My best friend from elementary school to college. Her and another friend were in a head on collision our 3rd year of college going back to school after a weekend visiting home. Our other friend died instantly. My best friend was in a coma for over a month. When she regained consciousness, her memory was gone. She didn’t know who I was or remember anything from our growing up years. I tried to help her remember by talking about what we used to do, and we tried hanging out and doing things together, but ultimately it was too hard. She didn’t remember anything—her parents, brother, boyfriend. It was such a difficult time but everyday I’m thankful she survived. I miss her so much. She got married, had two kids. Her husband recently passed away and I think about her so often still. I will always cherish the crazy times we had in high school and all of our memories.
My best friend died 3 years ago. I miss him every single day. He died 2 months before he was due to get married.
My ex best friend was right by my side through all of my addiction issues. As soon as I actually got sober she was vicious towards me. I’ll never really understand why and that’s the hardest part because I thought I got a lot better when I got sober. But it is what it is at this point. We haven’t talked for three years and I genuinely believe she didn’t like me when I got my shit together, she just liked me when I was messed up.
I miss my best friend Mark. We met when we were 12 and we’re over 60 now. We made it thick and thin until the Trump fever hit. I’m afraid he became a gaslighting troll even to me.
I had to stop for my own mental health.
I hope we can find each other someday again. It’s really too bad.
i miss a few of my old school friends and even some work friends. some bailed when times got tuff for me and the other bailed when she got a man and got mad that i don’t have the same mindset as her that i need a man to make me happy like she does. wish them all the best
I miss those that have left us too soon. John, I think of you often I hope you’re in a better place my friend. Matt – think of you just as often and I miss our after training talks. Paul, I miss you everyday and still can’t believe you’re gone.
I have a few. When you get older, I think you miss the friendships that didn’t grow because both of you just let it fade. I had a close friend when I was in my 20’s but due to stupid reasons and emotions, we just stopped communicating. Ten years later and I realize how fucking stupid and childish it all was.
My friend Candy, who died of an intestinal rupture during her chemo last March.
I miss one of my best friends who cut me off after I was in an abusive relationship. Her bf at the time told her it was a felony to associate with a victim of DV and it scared her into blocking me everywhere.
I had a group of friends, like 6 or 7 guys that I kinda started distancing myself from about 12 years ago during this complicated relationship I had.
I miss and love those guys so much. I really hope life is treating them well.
None. If you have to miss them not worth it.
My best friend from college. We met in hs but went to different schools. But in college she was my ride or die. I miss her to this day. We just fell out of touch.
Best friend throughout childhood. Thought we’d be besties for life. In a few weeks, it will be 10 years since the motor accident that took his life 😞
My HS best friend. A few years after high school we slowly stopped talking and she got pregnant and that really changed her. We caught up a few years ago and she was completely different and negative, then we stopped talking again. I no longer have her phone number.
Not a “friend” but I miss my ex’s mom, every day. We were so close.
A lot of them. My family moved a lot when I was growing up. There were two schools I attended longer than any others, one primary school I went to for two years, moved away then came back for three years, and my high school that I went to for four years but moved away again before my final year. At both of those schools I made solid friend groups. None at the other schools because I wasn’t at any of them long enough. I tried to maintain the groups of friends but after years of not living in the same city it always falls away. I am so jealous of people who have friends they’ve known since school that they still regularly see and spend time with. I am still Facebook friends with all my old school friends, both groups, and I see they all still hang out. They are all married with kids, they were all bridesmaids at each other’s weddings etc. It makes me sad to not be part of that.
A best friend that I did everything with had ended her life a few years ago. I understand why, and I’m not angry that she did it… But I have a whole different life now and I’m sad she’s not here to share it with. I’ve grown less fearful and we could have done so much more. it’s weird talking about her to my husband who never met her, or discovering new hobbies I know she would have loved.
Honestly, none. Just me?
They were gossipes behind my back, but tbh they are the reason for my best memories.
2 peeps, I met both in highschool which I had contact with one of them bc we were super tight n made jokes, other one is my old best friend. She was super cool asf n we kept contact but sadly she lost her insta n new number so I can’t reach out to her anymore
Punctuation is a friend you need
My college roommate. I swear she’s my platonic soulmate. Lots of crazy shit went down, I left town, she left town and was basically in hiding from a crazy ex.
We lost touch for 25 years and recently found each other on FB. I wish she lived closer, but I AM going to make a trip to see her in the next two years if I can.
Probably the best friend who passed away 6-7 years ago. While I miss all my friends to varying degrees the fact that all of them are still alive and (hopefully) happy is a bit of a comfort. While he unfortunately missed out on so much because of the hand he was dealt and choices he made (infection and his body couldn’t fend it off because he had a drinking problem I believe).
I miss a new friend I connected with. Not a day goes by he’s not on my mind.
my childhood best friend who just vanished after high school like we were in a coming of age movie with no sequel
One of my best friends from college fell to the way of drugs and disappeared. It’s now been 8 years and no one from my college social group knows what’s happened to him. I hope he got sober, I hope he’s doing well, but I have no clue what happened to him.
Keith. My best friend. He drank himself to death. I miss him dearly.
My good friend who died in a car accident when we were in high school. She was soooo wonderful. It still hurts 31 years later.
Too hard to think about it 😞
She and I had a big blowout over a guy when we were in our early 20s. I was crushing hard over him and we’d hung out a lot. She had never met him, but they connected and started a relationship that led to marriage… then divorce. Obviously neither of us could give two shits about him 20+ years later, but our friendship was effectively ruined.
Best friend from when I was young. We had a falling out in highschool and she moved away. Not long after, she got pregnant, gave birth, started planning a wedding. Told her mom she was planning on inviting me. Then committed suicide. She was only 20-21.
I miss my friend Hannah. She was so similar to me and we both have health issues, very sensitive and idk I could talk to her about anything. I don’t know but somewhere along the way she was sick and we lost contact, she basically disappeared off Facebook and I still have her email but she’s never responded to anything I’ve sent since. I hope she’s okay. I don’t have many genuine friends anymore.. I feel more alone now than before.
My cats. They were the only ones that I could trust. The ones ones that loved me unconditionally
I had a friend that was sort of a boyfriend. Or a boyfriend that was sort of a friend.
I wished he was a girl. Or I was a boy.
So we could stop blowing apart.
I still miss him.
It was weird. There were three of us that were good friends. One of the three came to visit me when I was at university and he we had lunch and he seemed to be in good spirits. Shortly after that, he disappeared off the radar. He quit his job. He’s been sharing a place with another acquaintaince and they both moved out with no forwarding address. He was predeceased by his parents. We tried to find him but he had no social media presence and his first name and last name were extremely common. Then, after something like 5 years, the third member of our posse remembered his middle name and Googled him. Turns out he had been buried 3 months earlier and was indigent when he died 6 months before. He had been in the morgue until the municipality buried him. They didn’t even know his DoB so all that’s on his simple marker is the day he died. It was a shitty way to go for someone who had been an altogether decent human being.
I had a coworker that became a good friend. He died of cancer several years ago but he had a positive attitude until the end. I miss him.
My best friend. She died of ruptured brain aneurysms a few months after my youngest son was born. I hate that she never got to see her daughter grow up, and I hate that I got older than her.
My old gym buddy. Funny guy and brilliant motivator when we used to train together. Sadly, a number of years ago he stood as a town councillor for a political party I am strongly opposed to with all of my being; this happened around the same time I moved away, but his being involved with that party definitely contributed to my lack of effort in keeping in contact. We’d probably still get on alright if we crossed paths, but neither of us seem inclined to bother keeping in contact.
My best friend from college was an amazing woman. So generous and talented. We laughed all the time. I was always welcome in her family. I honestly thought we’d be bffs forever. We were friends over a decade.
Then she got married quickly and he seemed like a decent guy. Shortly after their wedding he SAed a woman I was good friends with (I accidentally walked in on it). People started talking and pieced together that he had done this to at least 5 women.
We still tried to be friends, but she stopped talking to me when I was subpoenaed to testify at his trial.
Somehow he manipulated he and played the victim, blaming it on trauma. She was college educated and making 6 figures. I’ll never be able to understand.
He took a plea and plead guilty. He served 20 days and is on the registry for life.
A few of her family members still talk to me, but no one seems to know anything.
I love her and hope she is safe, but can’t understand how she could enable and stand by a dangerous predator.
My friend Dj bro was the most loyal friend, maybe the only one who was actually a friend.. he got shot in a drive-by. Last time seen him we got into argument
Had a close friend who died from an overdose a few years back, I miss that fucker.
JT
Jason. It was my fault but we were young (16yrs old) but he’s never forgiven me. Miss you dude 😭
My besties from Virginia. When I lived there for one year as a kid, they were so sweet and welcoming but I moved back home and lost contact 💔
My grandfather and my dad. 2 of the best guys I ever knew.
Yeah, a few actually. Some people just stick with you, even after they’re gone.
every Ex bestfriend, not them but the bond
Most notably my two childhood best friends. Unfortunately in my teen years I fell into a deep depression and slowly cut everyone off. My biggest life regret so far. Now being medicated and getting mentally sound, I think about those friendships almost daily. I don’t have any friends currently hoping to change that.
I really miss some of my college friends. I know why we drifted, but I still think about the fun we had. I hope they are doing well.
My best friend, Jane, she passed away.
My friend Gregory. We worked together for probably 4 years.He was diagnosed with ALS during that period, and watched his deterioration. Always tried to be there for him when I could. He ended up taking his life a few months later when his body and mind couldn’t deal with it anymore. I still cry thinking about the pain he went through.
My best friend from Jr. High thru High School. We met the last day of 8th Grade and were fast friends after that. He even lived with my family for almost a year when his parents decided to move in our Junior year. He lived with us so he could finish his Junior year with me and his other friends. He moved back to his mom & Dad across the country, and finished his Senior year. They kicked him out when he turned 18. He got a job and suddenly became a born again Christian. He wouldn’t have contact with me much after that because I wasn’t a Christian, and he would write letters telling me to repent my life and become a born again. I said, “no”. That was his life, not mine so he stopped writing. He moved to Guam to be a missionary, got married, had some kids and then I lost track of him in the mid 1980’s.
A dear friend from my primary school died of brain cancer at 20. She would have gone on to do great things. She was smart, kind, creative and the hardest working person I ever met. I find myself thinking about her more as I get older, and how unfair it was that she got to experience so little of life.
My ex best friend. She married my ex boyfriend’s brother. Now she has the last name I thought I would take on. Sort of a wild experience. It’s all for the best though, I think.
My cousin/best friend. We were inseparable throughout school. She started dated a friend of my brothers, turned into a totally different person. Got home from school one day to my mom telling me she had called and told her to tell me she wanted nothing to do with me anymore. I was absolutely crushed. Haven’t seen her since our senior year of high school and haven’t spoke to her in 18 years. Still haven’t found someone that quite fits that hole. I miss you, Evelyn.
My mother
I miss my old drinking buddy/best friend. Good memories plagued by what ifs..
My ex best friend. We were close like a movie or TV friendship. She was my special person.
I think she ended up with an alcohol or mental problem or both. We were living a distance from each other at this point. Nothing made sense. I actually called her mom to please go visit her.
She became verbally abusive when I questioned what was going on (lost custody of her child, and so much more).
I had to cut ties because I couldn’t keep lighting myself on fire to keep her warm. I still miss what we had.
I miss my ex, in context of the fact that she really was my best friend and there was nobody else I’d rather do anything and everything in life with. Still sad years later about that. I’ve never had a relationship since then that felt as bonded, romantic or otherwise. It kind of boggles my mind that she never had a weak moment after she left to reach out in the years since leaving. Never heard from her again after 8 years together.
I also miss my best friend from college. He was a good influence on my life and helped balance out the day to day grind of school and practicum with late night gym sessions, and even weekend mornings playing squash or just shooting some hoops. I kept up the lifestyle for years after moving home but never did find another gym buddy. For whatever reason, he kind of just stopped responding to catch up emails within a few months of me moving away from the college town and while I still see updates of his life on social media, I never get a response. It always kind of hurt.
I’ve been fortunate to have some really strong bonds in my life with very few bridges burned but these two immediately come to mind as sad endings.
My ex
My ex best friend. We would always stay at each other’s houses and we grew up together. I had to move away and he got a long term girlfriend. I haven’t seen him in nearly 6 years and I miss him daily.
There were several of them. I wish they could’ve stuck around but we all have our own endeavors to pursue even it if involves moving somewhere else for work or school :/
My buddy in HS. We used to butt heads because of male rivalry or whatever and also his cousin would antagonize me. He asked me one day to buy him a juul since he was underage so I did. He gave me way too much money because we both didn’t know how much everything would cost. I gave him back the change and to him that showed that I was trustworthy because in his words I could’ve just kept it and not told him.
We ended up hanging out more frequently and I met his family and had sleepovers. I had no place to stay during college breaks so I would live with him and his mom and her boyfriend. His dad also had a girlfriend and I met her and his grandmother on his dad’s side. I went to his family’s funerals, out to eat, hung out damn near every day when we could, and bought weed that we smoked together. I was very immature at that age and going through a mild depression not to mention living on my own at the time and in my first year of college where I pretty much partied everyday.
We gradually started butting heads again and having less contact/ hangouts. I realize now that I wasn’t being fair to him and was taking advantage of his and his family’s kindness and generosity. I don’t blame him for the friendship falling out, I blame myself, and totally understand him.
I guess the moral of the story is that I regret not realizing I had a real friend and ruining that. I wish him well but I definitely don’t try to reach out anymore. It’s been like 6 years since that happened and I sometimes wonder how he’s doing. He was a real bro.
My old best friend from middle school. I lashed out at him after losing my entire family to the foster system.
Losing my family hurt, but holy shit did the pain of losing my best friend after treating him like shit that day haunt me. I felt like a monster.
I’d give the world to tell him he meant more to me than anything. Unfortunately, we were just kids, and I never was open about my abusive home life which made the surprise of my verbal attacks against him even worse.
Dave, took his own life, trained for war but not for the adjustment to civvy life. Top bloke, respected by all , stuck his neck out for all sadly none of us could help him. Rip brother.
One of my long time friends passed from cancer a year ago this past April. I think of her so many times a day. Miss her.
online friend that i talk smack a lot but enjoy the company in the end
i admired him since im easily likened to people who aren’t afraid to speak their mind
alas we drifted apart and i dont really think much about him anymore, yet a part of me still misses him and wishes i was a better person
An old school friend. I still wonder how they’re doing sometimes.
A friend from girl scouts! Her name was Dawn and she was a cheerful joy to be around. She drowned on a family trip to a local beach and I have never forgotten her.
Lost my best friend to drugs when we were 19.
It’s been almost 12 years since and I feel like several times a week I experience something I wish I could have experienced with him or could talk to him about.
My old best friend who had feelings for me who I friendzoned and it drove her crazy, and we ended up just no longer being friends at all after a brief unhappy tryst that she forced on me.
Still, I loved her, and spending time with her, we got along really well, complimented each other I think. I would have stayed friends with her for the rest of my life I suspect, had feelings not gotten involved. 🙁
My ex-fiance. She was my best friend. She was incredibly close with her mom and she became a different person all together after she died. Three months later she called off the engagement.
He was an aspiring chef it’s a shame the world will never get to try his food. He was very kind and down to earth and always made those around him smile
My best friend in high school. We were also each others “first love” because we went out briefly but decided to stay as friends after I had to move 40 miles away (we were 13/14 so it was a totally innocent, puppy love kind of thing).
We’d speak on the phone for hours every single day without fail and everyone who knew us knew we were a “package deal”. He even started going to the same college as me to be closer apparently(UK college when you’re 16-18).
When I was 17 I met a boy who I was stupidly with for a couple of years, he was very jealous and controlling and kind of put a stop to my friend and I speaking outside of school. My friend also got in with a bad crowd and started doing drugs and stuff, his dad came to me at one point because things were getting really bad with him, I thought I was helping by speaking to him because I was so worried, but he (the mate) understandably was pissed off with me for speaking with him (his dad) about it which strained things further. For various reasons including those, we drifted.
I hear from him every couple of years and have a catch up. I’m 36 now, but I wish I could go back and change things because he was one of the greatest friends I ever had and I still miss him/the friendship we had.
Spazwinky – if you’re reading this, you were the absolute best.
Jeremy, my “best friend” in preschool. I didn’t know his last name, I never visited his house, and we were only in the same preschool for like 5:? months before I think his family moved.
Also a completely unrelated Jeremy, my cousin’s old neighbor. He could do backflips.
My ex best friend. We had a falling out at 19 due to me having trouble managing friendships and failing to respect her boundaries. Now at 25 I look back and see how wrong I was.
Since then I’ve been in therapy and have worked on myself. We share the same group of friends so we see each other every few months. I apologized for my behavior and for failing to respect her feelings. She accepted my apology. But nothing was the same since.
I am open to being friends again and we act cordial with each other whenever we hangout as a group. But it will never be the same. I still have a lot of love for her. And just wish things would be different.
I moved to a different country and we just sort of grew apart. I still think of her from time to time.
I can’t write about it, still grieving hard. I know I always will. RIP my friend.
My last best friend. She dropped me because I reported her bf for vandalism and she couldn’t understand why I did it (I was an officer at the time and upheld that even if friends did wrong, I would follow the law)
My mother, she was definitely my best friend. I really miss her ❤️
My high school best friend. We were inseparable, went on Summer holidays, and he came back a completely different person. Some days, I miss him. Other days, I think “fuck that guy.”
My dad
My late sister.
Carmen. Still not sure how we lost touch so completely. My fault more than likely
My friend Grant. I made a stupid decision to move away.
I miss my mom, who was like my best friend; she had a TBI over a year ago which sent her into early dementia and now she’s in hospice. It truly feels like the long goodbye.
Otherwise I miss my former bestie who gradually decided that she didn’t think I was a “true friend.” She was admittedly rather needy and a bit of a judgy narcissist in hindsight, but I still miss having her in my life and all the good times we had.
After a decade of friendship, it did become gradually clear that she expected far more attention and devotion than I could possibly give her. The irony is that her “all or nothing” attitude is one of the things I respected about her, but it’s a tiring way to live as a friend.
I really miss my Labrador
My best friend H. She had alcoholism and really let it derail her life during our late twenties. She missed my wedding due to rehab and went several times after as well. Her pride and alcoholism really ruined our relationship. She’s never met my child and I’m pregnant with my second now and she doesn’t even know as we haven’t talked in almost a year. I think about calling her almost every day but she also hasn’t called me. I haven’t seen her in almost 4 years but we tried to keep in touch over the phone. Had offered to fly her out several times over the years and she never took me up on it. So sad I miss her.
I’m really hoping two long lost friends reunite on this thread.
My best friend moved from Canada to New Zealand and basically just cut everyone off…
I miss my buddy Robert, he had to move back to Australia like about two or three years ago but he didn’t tell me so one day he was just gone, I knew he was moving but I didn’t know when. I still think about him and even some friends I had back then mention missing him too.
A classmate in high school talked to me just to touch my penis in front of everyone (it was a challenge set by her friend) and from there we became best friends to the point of treating each other like boyfriends without being boyfriends, I miss her because there was a good connection and we always told each other everything. I never found that in other friendships
Best friend who is now on drugs and doesn’t speak to any of his old mates.
My best friend. He was the most supportive person I’ve ever met. Unfortunately he met me under the worst time of my life and I was too much emotionally. I miss him so much.
I have a lot. I know life pulls people in different ways, but it sucks.
I miss my best friend…she was my other half. Everything fumbled after pandemic…
My old magic the gathering and just general hanging out and talking about life, friend. I moved away to better myself 8 years ago today. And i just saw a video of him and i on my feed. Made me remember our last night hanging out. We both went through a lot of tragedy, and we had each other to lean on at the time. He has moved on to he now has a family, and I’m very happy for him, and I’m glad he’s able to go on with life, but I still miss the dude. We didn’t end with bad blood. We just ended with a goodbye.
I had an online group of friends in high school. We’d hang out, play games, and chat most days. Nothing too significant happened, it mostly just drifted apart- many are in college and giving that their attention now, school, new friend groups, etc. I still chat with some of them once in a blue moon, but I miss having that group to come back to regularly.
I miss my best friend in Middle School. The kid was funny AF. The thing is, he and I had a geeky sense if humor. That said, we made a nice little friend group of like-minded nerds and it was a great time. Over time we started making more and more friends until there wasn’t enough room at the lunch tables anymore. Then highschool came and he ditched all of us to hang out with more popular people and we completely lost contact. Fucking social climbers man… he 100% threw all of us under the bus after that.
My friend Bill. He is no longer alive; mental illness is serious y’all
I miss my old friend group from an ex. We would spend the entire day playing board games, laughing, and eating. We still watch each other on Instagram to make sure we’re doing okay but I miss the interaction and fun.
Everyone kinda split after my ex and I broke up. Everything happens for a reason I guess.🤷🏻♀️
Kait. She was like a sister, my parents took her in and she went on family vacations with us. A misunderstanding made her leave and our relationship never recovered. It’s been 10 years this year.
Someone I used to work with 40 years ago. We were in the same office together and we just got on so well. We had lots of nights out and fun together but she sadly died in a car accident 30 years ago and I was devastated. I couldn’t go to her funeral as I was away on holiday at the time and I never got to say goodbye to her properly. I didn’t have any photos of her until very recently when clearing through my mum’s stuff and I found all the home video tapes that had been kept. On one of the tapes, there is a minute’s worth of a mutual friend’s wedding and for a few seconds, my friend appears on screen. I can’t tell you the emotions i went through to see her and I’d totally forgotten that I even took my dad’s video camera with me to that wedding. She is on that footage, exactly as I remember her and I miss her still.
A dear friend thought she was going through menopause.
Turns out she had stage 4 leukemia. She was gone a couple of months later.
I miss you, Carol.
Two of my best friends from high school. They moved far away, and it hasn’t been the same since.
None of those fuckers.
But they sure as shit miss me.
Oh it’s been 9 years and I think about her most days. Such a shame when things don’t work out and despite the promises you made to always be friends, you still drifted apart and will most likely never be in touch again. Sad but what can you do. Fate sealed.
my childhood best friend who died in a car accident
More than one!
R.I.P. Frankie. You were my one friend growing up who wasn’t a Jehovahs witness. I wonder what you’d be doing today.
Sara. She was my pen pal for over 40 years. Then she went quiet. Don’t know why.
My school friends from last year ended for a bad reason but sometimes it hurts because they were the best I’ve ever had. I also miss a friend of mine from 5th grade at school, we got along really well at the time and probably still do today
Buddy in college. We used to go to diners or dive bars and spend late nights drinking PBR and talking about life. Stayed in touch for a while but we both got married, moved to other parts of the country and just drifted apart.
My ex best friend and her then bf and I and my husband all moved into an apartment together. Worst decision we ever made. They were the worst roommates ever. Never cleaned up after themselves or their dog. Wouldn’t pay their share of the bills. So glad they decided to move out after six months. Never was friends with her again after that. That was 17 years ago.
My best friend from the village I grew up in had a heart attack and died at the age of 32.
For a couple of years in our early teens we hung out everyday. We drifted apart after that and we both moved away from the village, but I’d still bump into him in the pub when we were back seeing our families at Christmas.
What I’d give for one more beer with him.
Had an irreplaceable connection with a friend last year. I had never met someone who I felt so compatible with, not even my own partner.
My boyfriend caught feelings for him. We haven’t really talked since, and now he avoids me. :/
My best friend of 30 years who ghosted me last summer.
A friend I had in college. We’re still social media friends, but she usually doesn’t respond timely if at all which is why the friendship fizzled out in the first place… I miss her. I thought adding her again, things would be different and we’d rekindle the friendship.
my friend sofia.
we worked together in a cafe when i was in my last years of high school. she was in her first years of college.
she helped me relearn reality after i came out of an abusive relationship (which had happened before i met her.)
i would pick her up sometimes in my crappy volvo station wagon when we worked on the same days if there was too much snow for her to get her car out. we would hang out outside of work when we could, but her boyfriend at the time was pretty controlling and manipulative.
she had beautiful eyes and the kindest smile. she would help me by setting aside or labeling certain colored stickers to mark the expiration of baked goods, since i’m colorblind and couldn’t tell the difference between red orange and purple.
life didn’t treat her fairly, she deserved much better just by how she treated others.
she left the company and i found myself not wanting to work there without her anymore. we’d said we’d go work someplace together, but it didn’t pan out really.
we’d kept in touch for some time after that, until about six-eight months after that. neither of us were doing very well mentally at that time. one day she just stopped returning my texts.
sof, if by some chance you’re reading this, i miss you. my number hasn’t changed. i live halfway around the world now but i’ve kept my number the same in case you called.
The one I miss the most is SN. We were so close in high school and stayed close through college but his last girlfriend in college really did not like him having a female best friend or maybe she just had a problem with me, I don’t know. We just grew apart. I do miss him. Omg I miss him so much and would give anything to just have a coffee with him and catch up on life. Or just do the old drive from OSU back up to West. I was just telling a friend here about the “Ball Jousting” club they started and the fight club in the parking lot where he knocked out one of Shawn’s teeth. Yeah he is the one I miss the most and wish we could have kept in touch.
On the miraculous chance he finds this, I still have that letter you wrote me. It’s in a box of things I’ve saved and stored at mum and dads. I hope I will remember to grab it and bring it back with me next time I’m in the States. Miss you friend CE
My childhood best friend who died when she was only 9… :'(
my ex best friend. we experienced homelessness, heart break, and so much together. but i was an alcoholic and couldn’t be honest and get my shit together for her to be able to stay in my life. i am a year and half sober now, and i will always miss her.
Never had any friends
My childhood friend David.
His parents were divorced, so he’d stay at his father’s house every weekend/Summer. Then his Mom moved to Maine, and he chose to live with her. His visits became far less frequent and eventually, once he turned 18, he stopped coming down all together.
He doesn’t have social media, he didn’t even have AIM, and this was before every kid/teen had a phone, so I completely lost contact with him. Last time I saw him was back in 2006.
I hope he’s doing well, he was a big part of my childhood. We became friends because he was always riding his bike by my house, doing this weird little hand dance thing…I cant describe it, but he was showing off that he could ride with no hands. I asked him why he did that… and boom, we started saying whats up to each other and quickly became friends.
My friend Jenny, from the age of 4, I’m 44 now. We lost contact often but always met again in random places around the country. She truly saw me (not many do) and me her, we adored eachother and always got up to the silliest of antics. She contacted me a few years ago to come and stay with me indefinitely, but as a single mum of small children and she was partying pretty hard at the time, I thought it was best she didn’t. A year later she died. I love you Jenny and I know you’re with me and visit me in the form of black birds. I will do what we always planned to I promise🐦⬛💕
I lost a lot of friends when I got back with my abusive ex. I understand why but that doesn’t make it hurt less and it’s made me cling harder and longer onto him.
Miss all my friends from time to time. Everything is for the best though. Wish them all much happiness wealth health and success
Have a friend that died in a motorcycle accident. I wasn’t talking to her for dumb reasons. It haunts me.
Christina. My university best friend. We knew all each other’s secrets, we did everything together. I don’t even know why we stopped being friends, she just told me one day she wouldn’t be talking to me anymore. If you’re here Christina, I have a letter for you, and I really miss you