A Letter To You

Dear _____,

First of all thank you. Thank you so much for allowing me to see the true colors of the person I was dating. Thank you so much for showing me that he didn’t mean everything he said to me, and that he was in fact, a liar. Thank you for making it so much easier to walk away from him.

At first I was beyond mad at you, if I were to have seen you in person I for sure would have started a fight with you and probably would have won because my anger and rage was more powerful than the strength the army had given you. I couldn’t believe how any woman would do the horrible thing you did. We are supposed to stick together, build each other up and support one another. You clearly didn’t get the memo. How you could knowingly flirt and involve yourself with a boy who not only had a long term “serious” girlfriend, but also with a boy who was a soon to be father with that girlfriend, is a trait only a special type of person can have. Kudos to you for having it. You are a single mom as well and it pained me so much that you were going to put me through all the hardship and obstacles you most likely went through as well. I was angry with you and at first I let my temper get the best of me.

Now I am no longer angry with you or have feelings of jealousy towards you and your relationship with my ex. I am truly thankful for you. I am thankful that you were the person you were. I am thankful that you so selfishly “stole” the person I once loved more than myself. I am thankful that he is now your issue to handle and no longer mine. I am thankful that you allowed me to see his true colors and the person he really is deep down. I did in fact know he didn’t have the best reputation, but I had stupidly thought he had changed. Silly me. You are the person I have to thank for showing me he is in fact that same immature person he was when I first met him years ago.

Thank you for being the person you were, and allowing me to move on and become a stronger version of myself. It feels so much better to wake up in the morning knowing my life will be better without the negativity I once had. My son and I thank you.

Signed,

The girl who’s life you thought you ruined