When Your Best Friend is No Longer the Best Thing for You
Becoming a better person means losing someone along the way
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4 min readNov 12, 2023
We first met in 2010, but we really started to get close in 2017, when he came to Barcelona from Italy to join the firm I had been working for since 2013.
His bluster and outspoken character put off some people, but not me.
We enjoyed each other’s company, and I could see that there was a kind, sincere, and generous person behind his sometimes aggressive facade.
Moreover, at the time, we were both single men in a big city offering plenty of options for those looking for a good time.
Which we exploited to the fullest.
Then, when I was unceremoniously fired the evening before my birthday, he was there for me.
The only person who did, among the few that could.
What followed was a period of yet more excess, fueled by my broken self-esteem. Then we returned to our hometown in Italy, where we remained best buddies… Until I had enough.
