Personal Narrative-Toxic Romantic Relationship

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It takes time to understand and appreciate the relationships you have with different people in your life. It’s not just the romantic ones that teach you important life lessons, but also the relationships you have with your friends. Just like there are toxic romantic relationships, there are also toxic friendships. Once you experience a fall out with a friend, you understand yourself a little bit better and the life you hope to lead.A relationship is like having a toothache; it is a pain that never goes away. Having a bestfriend is all well and good until the relationship goes south. I should have thought first before jumping into a serious relationship that shows early signs of failure. I did not listen to the little voice in the back of my head. …show more content…

Shayla was one of the people I went to for advice.two years ago, right out of the blue, one of my very best friends ; someone I had been close to for more than fours years has dumped me.It came as a complete shock when it happened to me .There has been no discussion not explanation, she suddenly cut off all contact .Shayla just all of a sudden has dumped me and began hanging around with another girl who doesn't like me at all. It makes me feel really sad because we were good friends ;we did everything together.How should I respond if I see her again? I began to question Thing .Once we stopped being friends people would come up to me and ask questions and tell me how shayla used to talk bad about me

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