6 Reasons Best Friend Breakups Are the Worst Kind Of All

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We all have that one friend whom we long to talk to almost every day and knows us better than we perceive our self. That one friend whom you’ve spent the whole day with, but end up calling the moment your feet touch the doorsteps of your room. That one friend that’s always there whenever you think about the future. You two probably even looked at condominium show rooms together and memorized each other’s class schedules.

But sometimes there’s no future for both of you. You start to drift apart, regardless of the great moments you’ve had. Just like any other relationship, sometimes it comes to an end. It stops just like that, together with the unchecked list of adventures you’ve probably planned for the future, and you didn’t see it coming.

1. Routine.

You’re going to have to endure this every damn day. It’s going to hurt like hell for the first few weeks. You probably have all those other friends that you talk to, rant to, or hang out with every day, but they won’t suffice that longing. That’s okay, you’re going to get used to your ex bestfriend’s unavailability and cope with whatever it is you have.

2. Places.

There’s no escape from this. Whenever you pass by your favorite ice cream place that you two used to go together all the time. You might even reminisce while driving pass by those streets where you used to walk together almost every day. The memories will linger. I swear they will, but you have to remember that you once walked those streets without needing a significant other to walk with you.

3. Common Friends.

You probably made a pact to give each other space or mostly you just stopped talking. You two are possibly no longer updated with each other’s lives because your former nonstop conversations have already downgraded into inevitable arguments. Then there goes your common friends who ask you about your ex bestfriend or bring up those “remember when” conversations that make you wonder: what if you two still talked, what if you two never drifted.

4. Family.

Your former best friend has probably met your whole family or worse, was already proclaimed as a part of your family. Same goes to your part. It’s inevitable for your relatives to occasionally ask about you two or why you guys haven’t hung out in a while. They will bombard you with questions, but at the end of the day, it will also leave you wondering. You will wonder about his/her family or little brother whom you used to play with all the time.

5. Breakup Playlist

Most bffs have their own jam. You know each other’s favorite songs or maybe you two even watched the breakup playlist together. There will come a time that you will suddenly remember each other just by hearing a song on the radio. It’s not always a bad thing. You might even catch yourself smiling by yourself.

6. Habits.

You will miss them. It will last for a very long time. Forever is a long time. There will come a time that you just want to hug or kiss them the same way you used to, but things are already different. The bright side is you’re left with great memories and lessons you’ve learned from them. Maybe you were destined to meet each other only at a certain point in time in order to grow even when you’re apart.