IT'S TOTALLY FINE
Dear reader, It's okay to outgrow friendships. I was listening to my favourite podcast a few days ago, and they discussed a friendship dilemma that brought back a recent heartbreak: which is the fact that I might have lost one of my longest friendships. I have been too afraid to admit this to myself for the longest time because that person had to be the friend I knew when I first became conscious of what friendship was—my first BF, my BFF, the person I wanted to start a fashion brand with at age seven. I could go on and on listing memories, but then we would be here all day. Friendship heartbreaks are the worst, and they are not spoken about enough. How do you explain that you don't remember the last time you spoke to someone whom you used to speak with every day? How do you explain that your "for lifer" only texts you once a year now, with a meagre "Happy Birthday"? How do you explain that the only thing you have in common with your one-time best friend ...