She Hooked Up With Her Best Friend’s Boyfriend In College, And It Ruined Their Friendship 10 Years Ago, But Her Friend Just Randomly Reached Out Again
About 10 years ago, when this 32-year-old woman was just 22, she shared an apartment with her 22-year-old best friend, Alex, and Alex’s first serious boyfriend, Daniel.
They had all met while attending college and wound up becoming a tight-knit group after spending a lot of drunken time together.
Then, once they became roommates, she detailed how they all lived like high-functioning partyers– working hard during the day and getting wasted at night.
At one point, she also wound up getting offered a job in a different state, which she ultimately accepted.
But, a few months later, she had fallen deep into a depression and was struggling with addiction.
“I longed for a radical change of scenery to change myself. I didn’t share this with anyone in my life,” she recalled.
Yet, one night, she made a horrible drunken mistake. She hooked up with her best friend Alex’s boyfriend, Daniel, and she continues to regret it to this day.
According to her, the entire incident has always been a big blur. She cannot really remember what decisions were made or how the hookup went.
All she can remember is immediately feeling regretful and shameful.
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She also hoped that the truth would never come out. However, it eventually did, and her best friend was understandably furious with her.
“I owned up to it. I took the blame. I cut ties with all the common friends, so Alex could have them,” she explained.
“I never talked with Daniel– he was the one who told Alex– and they moved out and stayed together for another couple of years.”
Afterward, she also moved away and tried to start fresh with a new life. Then, the years passed by, and she tried to move on.
However, about two years ago, Daniel actually reached out to her and asked how she had been doing.
At that point, she and Daniel had a short conversation– in which they both basically agreed that they had been stupid and done a terrible thing but were now in a happier place in life.
Still, just a couple of days ago, she was absolutely shocked when Alex reached out to her via text and simply wrote, “How are you?”
She admitted to just leaving that text on “read,” and now, she has no clue if she should even answer.
“If I’m being honest with myself, I don’t want anything to do with her or Daniel,” she said.
Right now, she works full-time, has two kids, and a husband. Her husband is also aware of her past, and she has been in therapy both alone and with her husband.
And she realizes that the entire situation was horrible and knows that if she could go back, she would have never hooked up with Daniel.
“But it does bug me what Alex wrote. What does she want? What does she think after all these years? Why the heck is she writing now?” she vented.
That’s why, even though she thought she had put that part of her life behind her, she thinks that chapter of her life may not be fully closed. So, she’s been left wondering why Alex reached out to her and whether she should respond or not.
Does it seem like she is really remorseful about hurting Alex? Why do you think her best friend chose to reach out to her now? Could the anger have finally subsided, and her best friend might just miss her? Or could there be a different reason?
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