It took a year for us to realize we were best friends. My
ex-girlfriend and I actually met one year ago today; on Myspace of
all places. She saw a picture of me doing Eddie from the Rocky
Horror Picture Show and decided to message me. I was intrigued, so
I messaged her back and we started a dialogue. It ended when I had
to go to work, with the knowledge we would talk more the next day;
and we did. The next day came more messages and more playful
flirting. At the time, she worked second shift and I worked third,
so we decided to meet up at Denny’s for a bite
to eat. I sat there and did what I normally did, I rambled. But she
listened. She listened with her hands together under her chin when
she wasn’t eating and she was looking at me the
entire time. I loved her face, her long, curly hair and her smile.
Man I loved that smile. We parted with a kiss that night and I went
to work and she went home.
The next few months garnered sad and happy times. Two weeks after
we got together, she lost her job and got in a car accident within
the same day (if I remember correctly). She stayed over at my place
a lot because she did not want to sit in her place by herself all
the time. Another month later we were moved in together. I then
left my cushy job to go to her new job and I hated it. It caused a
problem and we broke up... a lot of variables.
We got back together a few weeks later and split soon again. We
actually did that a few times from August-January. We got back
together in mid-January and broke up in mid-April. We were good at
the sex part; we are great at the friendship between us; but the
relationship part? It didn’t work and I realized
it and decided to end it, for good this time.
It took her a few days, but then she realized her begging was doing
no good like it had before and she knew she wanted to keep our
friendship, so we are now friends. She is someone I feel completely
comfortable around in every facet; the relationship just did not
work.
We both feel good about this and we are now happy as friends. It
only took us a year... today.