Over the years people have
been weaved in and out of my life, like I’m sure they have in yours too. I’ve
had several “best friends,” maintained a large friend base, and met more people
than I can count. Each relationship I formed played a role in helping develop
who I am and how I interact in relationships.
As people exited my life I
would always wonder why. It seemed that without fail they would take their
leave when I was going through a transition and that stung big time. Having
people you love fail to be there as your life is changing is really difficult.
I’ve learned though that
when people exit it’s for something better to enter.
Josh is the first person
to come into my life during a time that I would desperately need a friend and
actually stick it out.
Now that may sound sad,
but it’s absolutely not! Looking back on my friendships before Josh I learned something
from every single one of them. I learned to be forgiving, to depend on myself,
say what I mean, and not tolerate rudeness. The friendships that I thought for
sure would be forever things all had massive flaws. I was not able to be my
authentic self with anyone before Josh.
As he and I moved from
friendship to being in a romantic relationship, I also had my eyes opened to
some other pretty amazing people in my life that I may not have recognized
beforehand. (We also recognized people in our life that were toxic and ended up
losing those individuals, that’s a story for another day, it was a SHOCKER).
The friends that Josh and
I have are amazing people and we can be ourselves with them. It may have taken
us longer than most people but, we have found people I know will be our “forever
friends.”
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