IT WAS JANUARY 2020. NATASHA AND I HAD BEEN FRIENDS FOR DECADES. I THOUGHT WE WOULD BE FRIENDS FOREVER. BUT IN MY HEAD, A VOICE WHISPERED, THAT ONE DAY, NATASHA WOULD FRIEND DUMP ME. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “WHAT COULD I EVER DO TO MAKE NATASHA NOT LIKE ME ANYMORE?” I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “I’M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE NATASHA WILL NEVER FRIEND DUMP ME BY BEING A PERFECT FRIEND TO HER.”
THIS WAS ALL BEFORE “ANDREW” CAME INTO THE PICTURE. YOU SEE, LONG BEFORE BOYFRIEND CAME, I KNEW NATASHA WAS GOING TO FRIENDUMP ME.
NOW THAT NATASHA IS NO LONGER IN THE PICTURE, I NOW REALIZE HOW MEAN AND TOXIC SHE WAS.
SHE WAS DEMEANING AND CONDESCENDING.
SHE WAS NOT A GOOD FRIEND.
IT’S FUNNY HOW WE KNOW THINGS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. IT’S FUNNY HOW HINDSIGHT IS 20/20
DAISY
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