So, my best friend who I've been really tight with for some years took me in after I was discharged from the military. This was four days after my girlfriend, who I was going to move in with, dumped me over Skype. Because of this I was effectively homeless until my pal came along.
I lived there longer than expected, but things seemed to be going just fine. I got along with them, payed rent, tried to help out around the house with whatever I could, including looking after the baby, but was hindered by my depression and otherwise just attempting to make as little an impact as possible.
After three months of being with them, I moved out on my own. After a few weeks I saw them again for the baptism of my "niece" in early April, then went back to trying to sort out my life and education (a tangled prospect in itself).
And, just today, I received a very long and thought-out message from my friend, informing me that he had harbored an intense resentment towards me throughout a great deal of my stay with them and the time after, effectively tainting whatever opinion he had of our friendship. He accused me of putting a deep strain on the both of them, putting their marriage in danger, and being a destructive influence on their lives. He said that he had worked out that I was subconsciously jealous of him and his relationship, and so was continually trying to cut him down.
The message continued, stating that it was wrong of him to put off this notification for so long, but that we were no longer friends. I would be welcome to send a response, if I so wished, but only after having given the message a few days and several re-readings. Regardless, this would be the last that I would hear from him.
I don't know what it is that's gotten into his head to think these things, but I recognize from his actions and his words that this isn't going to change, at least not any time in the foreseeable future. For as apparently little as I actually know him, I know enough to know that.
I've just lost someone that I shared an incredible amount of trust and camaraderie with, and this happened completely unexpectedly and in a truly horrifying fashion. That's what made me sad today.
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