The Feeling of Being Cheated, but You Don’t Have Proof.

Sometimes the Hardest Betrayals Leave No Evidence

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I had never been exposed to true friendships. At some point, I lost the thought that I would ever find true friends. But I met two people. They changed my entire ideology over this.

Friendships are pure. But some people are made so tough that they learn to live by themselves.

I was the person of the same kind.

Then, after meeting those two people, I felt how beautiful a friendship can be. But I was wrong. That was just a beautifully created trailer of a grotesque movie.

For one friend, I became everything. I became her therapist. Her boredom remover. Her timepass. When I was with her, she didn’t value me. When I decided to remove her from my life. She became a chewing gum. Wherever I went, she followed me.

It was really difficult for me to break through the friendship. And that decision was important. I wanted to remove useless pieces from my life. Before I met her. I was full of myself. She drained whatever I had in me. Sometimes it’s an indication from the soul that the person is just not right for you.

The days I ignored her, she irritated me so much that I wanted to talk to her for the last time and end things. But she manipulated me into believing that all my emotions, my suffocations, and sufferings were not true. She convinced me to get back with the friendship, even though I hated being a part of it.

One more thing happened. She always said she feels bad about her hair being white, and all my hair is black. After a month, I see a hair follicle that was a bit white from the tip, and the rest was black. It meant that it turned white really recently. I never believed in evil eyes, but how is this possible to happen just after she said it?

Now, just recently, she commented on how much hair she is experiencing. I stopped her and told her that the last time you commented, my hair turned white. Guess what she reacted to it? “When did I say that to you,’ were her words. Her masterstroke, she never believes that she has made any mistake. And now, for the last two days, I have been experiencing hair fall I have never experienced before.

She is a friend who expects me to make all the sacrifices, but when it comes to making any sacrifice for me, she refuses. Straight no.

Now the other one. She talks rudely to everyone. At least that is what everyone says. She never did that to me. But she has only me in the class. She manipulated me against that friend I mentioned earlier. Though she was not good, and I hate her. But she is not your friend, so who permitted you to call her bad names? Whenever I try to give my opinions, she rejects them.

At this point, I know that they are both just using me. But nothing is in my hands. I’ll have to face it for one more year, and then we will not have to face each other. The streams would be different. I know that they are not right, but I can’t just prove it.

Apart from all this, I would have to accept that I have made really good friends. One is my best friend whom I met through my coaching. The other is also a really great friend. They never drained my energy. They always put my opinions before making any decision.

All I learned from this mess is that the efforts should be put in from both sides. Because even if a number, no matter how big it is, if it gets multiplied by zero will turn the product into zero. We should stop putting in our efforts if the other side is putting zero effort on their side. It will save a lot for you.

True friends are a blessing from God. But if a person masks themselves as a true friend, then they are the villains of your life. They are like weeds that grow with a plant but compete for its nutrients. It is mandatory to remove them from the pot.

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