From Our Readers: There's No Us, But There's You and Me

Earlier tonight I had dinner with a friend. It was casual and I don't really know how we ended up talking about you but we did.

How we met. How the friendship grew. How we became best friends. How I fell in love with you. How hurt I was when I realized that "we" could not be. How everything else changed - for the better - after that.

Thank you. For not taking the risk. For not trying "us". Though you were the one who fell first, you were able to carry it out in such a way that I never had any idea. Thank you for not pursuing me because you wanted me to grow and you never wanted yourself to be a hindrance for such to happen.

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