Lesson #18

Don't speak to the same person every single day.
It just gets boring.
It's especially bad when they're a really nice person and you could get on with them really well. But talking to them every single fucking day is just too much. After, what, three years now, I am so bored of you that I dread it when your name pops up on IM. And I know that you'll say hi. And we'll have yet another mundane, meaningless, monotonous conversation.
Yeah, I used to get on with you better than anyone else, and I used to call you my best friend, but now I can't stand you! I have said everything to you that I possibly could. There's not one conversation that I could have with you that I haven't had before. Sad, I know, but true. You drive me up the fucking wall.
And when you know someone inside out and there's nothing left to uncover or learn, then you're well and truly stuck. Where the hell do you go from there? I'll tell you where: downhill. You begin to pick up on annoying little traits they have that never used to bother you but now make you want to scratch your eyeballs out. Like the fact that they can't tell the difference between its and it's. Or your and you're. And that they always put two qustion marks... because one just isn't enough? What? That's crazy! Did you pay any attention in English Grammar?
Or the fact that all they ever talk about is computer games or cider. Or that they never ask you about you. Which sounds selfish, and yeah really is selfish but so fucking what? It takes two to tango. Why don't you give a damn about me, or my day, or my opinions? To be honest, it's nothing short of rude.
And I hate that we used to be so close, and now I don't want to see you anymore, but I can't help it. It's not exactly anyone's fault, some things just don't work out.
So don't speak to someone every day, not if you care about them. People need space, no one likes to have a limpet as a friend, clinginess has never been a good thing. So don't do it. For both your sakes.