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Please… Let Your Friendships Fade
This is a true story.
It was the 15th of November at 5:55 AM when I realized that I should let my friendships finally die. What was I doing up this early?
Well — that was my routine — getting up at 5:50 so I can start getting ready to go to the hospital where we were having our anesthesiology lessons, it was an hour’s drive from my house.
No, I’m not saying this to earn empathy points or to flex in any way possible, it was my reality and I enjoyed it a lot.
At 5:55 AM, I opened my phone to text my friend that I got up and was getting ready to go meet him so we can go together to lesson.
The Text That Changed My Life
It was a video that my high-school friends had sent to our group chat, of them being away and partying. It was Tuesday.
My first reaction was to reply to that message, asking them why the fuck were they up this early partying? So I did.
To my surprise, they replied — half-drunk — saying that they were just enjoying life. This is when I knew I had to let my friends go…
