It happens slowly: you stop saying ‘Happy Birthday’, you stop watching their Instagram stories, you stop expecting texts to let you know they got home safe, your computer forgets to autofill their details in on forms, you sign out of their Netflix. And once all the little things go, it’s the big things: no longer wanting to call them when you have a bad day, when your wallet is stolen; no longer thinking of them at Christmas, and after a while you probably stop noticing the breaking of all the pacts you made together.
