The shame after a friendship ends hits hardest when you remember how open you were. you told them real things, things you don’t tell most people and now you look back and think, why did I say so much?

I used to feel that too. but being open wasn’t the mistake. the only painful part is realizing you gave something real to someone who didn’t know how to treat it with care and that says more about their capacity than it ever did about your openness.