April 28, 2025
by Emma R. Simmons

I never imagined that something like this would happen to me. My best friend and I had been inseparable for four years. We’d talked about everything—plans for the future, our inside jokes, all the little things that make a friendship so special. We were supposed to be best friends forever. At least, that’s what I thought.

But after she moved away, everything started changing. Slowly, she became distant. At first, I thought it was just a busy phase or maybe she was adjusting to her new life. But then the texts started coming in slower and slower, and they started feeling… dry. Conversations that used to flow easily became forced, like she was just going through the motions.

Then today, she changed her profile picture to a matching one with another girl. A girl I don’t even know. I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but it stung. I’ve been watching this happen for the last month or two, and I keep wondering what went wrong.

It’s not just the profile change. It’s the feeling of being replaced, of realizing that maybe our friendship wasn’t as important to her as it was to me. And the worst part is, I feel so ashamed for being hurt by it. Why does it hurt this much? We’ve been friends for four years, but here I am, feeling like I’m the last person she wants to talk to now.

I keep telling myself it’s just growing apart, that people change, but it’s hard to let go of someone who used to mean the world to you. It’s like I’m grieving something I never even had the chance to say goodbye to.