the story of me and my former friend
a sad story, may be dark, so only read if you are comfortable

basically i'm friends with someone let's call gina, so she won't be upset if she ever sees this (hopefully not)
we've known each other our entire lives, but we recently got to become closer as we went to the same middle school and a lot of our classes overlapped

i never knew her all too well, so i thought of her as a sweet, funny friend
as i got to know her more i realized some other parts of her that i didn't like so much

gina was a drama queen and demanding -- if she wanted, let's say, your homework, she would be like "pls pls pls plsplsplslpslpslpsllsplsplslp pslspslspl splspslpspls" until you gave it to her, all screaming it in your ear.
she was always sarcastic
she bragged about her achievements constantly when her self esteem was high, but when it was low, she would rant and rant and rant about how she thought she was better off dead sometimes.
she lived off attention and would do anything to have people like her.

so yeah. but the worst thing was how much gina took and never gave back
i gave up my crush for her because she kept flirting with him even after i told her i liked him first
i gave up hours every day comforting her when her self esteem was low
i bought her things and always worked hard to keep her happy
i worked really hard to keep her confidence up

and do you know what i received in exchange?
i received the position of being second-best

every time we partnered, she would pick MY best friend
she would get closer and closer to her while i felt like a lonely piece of trash
she went to places without me, had friends she treated better than she treated me

all the time i spent, everything i did was far, far more valuable than what her other friends ever did to her
yet what did she give back to me?
she gave me pain, tears, and loneliness.

so thank you, gina.
thank you for giving me pain.
thank you for making me second-best when i did so much.
thank you for giving me back nothing.
thank you for making me realize what real hell is like

dear readers: if you know someone like this, please don't be their friend.
you deserve so much more, and i have learned my lesson with gina
in the end, you gain nothing.
it's worth nothing but pain. leave them, stick with those who will treat you right.