This guy I loved for a long time got engaged this week. We met seven years ago. There were occasional romantic feelings between us, but I never let myself act on mine because he always had a girlfriend. I was never going to let him cheat on someone with me. We stayed friends all this time. The last few years, we haven’t been as close. He’s been with his girl since 2022. I knew they’d get engaged at some point. But he didn’t tell me it happened. I found out on his SnapChat story. It stings knowing he never thought I was good enough for him. It stings more knowing he doesn’t value me enough anymore to tell me about milestones.
It feels so unfair, when you give so much to someone and they don’t give it back to you. I’ll miss him, but I think I need to let him go.














