Well under a friends advice I stopped updating the thread since it really has become more of a journal than a relationship advice post. But since people are actually reading this book, I'll wrap it up:
The girl surprised me as usual. I was avoiding her on skype so she dug up a cell phone number I must have given her over a year ago. She said she threw it away but I guess she secretly kept it. She started texting me a lot, and weak me started replying.
It started the night of the Odd Future concert. It was shut down by a riot squad, and she was sad because she missed the pretty reckless for this. So she texted me the whole ride back from Los Angeles to San Diego. She said she was feeling emotionally disgruntled and asked if I would stay up and talk to her when she got back.
It was cool having her reach out to me to talk, and for a few days it was like it was in the good old days. She completely disappeared on Saturday and Sunday. I removed her from Skype. So she texted me Monday asking why I removed her. I told her it was an accident and she just accepted it. She told me about a love triangle her best friend is in. Her best friend was into a guy, but it became too much drama. The guy is still into the best friend, but she's not feeling it anymore. She has secretly been texting the guys best friend, and they are both into each other, and hooking up. But more importantly that guys best friend became friends with chauffeurs for a rich family. I mean mansion, with tennis court, basketball court in the back yard type mansion.
So she is now in a new crew with the german chauffeurs, the best friend, her, and the two love triangle guys. But they also have access to this mansion that they can now throw parties in. The reason she disappeared was because they just threw a party the night before. She of course had casual sex with an ******* she ended up hating because he used her for sex and left. But she's okay with that now. She's the one who went after him. On to the next one type philosophy. There will be a lot more parties to come including one this weekend, and a lot more guys.
All in all her life has flipped on its head in a month and a half. She's embraced a "hardcore" lifestyle of sex, alcohol, and rock n roll. She was only taking a few college classes and she just got dropped out of one by the teacher because she never showed up. But she doesn't care... as long as she's having fun. Part of me wonders what would have happened if we never reached that boiling over point of her thinking I was gone forever. Could I have "saved" her? But that's all nonsense. She chose this life herself. What am I saving her from? Having a lot more friends? Socializing in the real world? Hanging out all the time? Partying? Enjoying herself with guys?
I know it's me who has the problem. I'm shocked at how quickly she became this different. I really am part of her old life. I'm way too square for her now. She was really upset with me for not watching a movie with her two days ago. It bothered me to keeping me up and hours later I eventually go back to chat with her. She is completely passive aggressive, and taking every possible shot at me she can. When I finally had enough and told her to just stop, she got upset at me. Accused of me pretending to be hard when we both know I am not. It quickly escalated and she said she had enough.
I tried reasoning with her but she is both irrational and unreasonable. She was looking to pick a fight all night. I act the same as I always do, but depending on her mood will determine if what I am saying is cool or just going to annoy her. Irrational in the sense using words I've used without issue for over a year suddenly annoy her and I am no longer allowed to use them. Unreasonable in the sense that most people would look at the bigger picture and realize a friendship is worth more than a few words. She's the one who was insulting me the entire night, but I'm the ******* because I finally said enough was enough.
So yet again we've stopped talking. It seems like it's for good, but who knows with this girl. But this time I'm good with it. She treated me like garbage but it's again my fault we had this argument. I've been clinging to the version of her that existed two months ago. Not this girl who has no concern for anything except herself. There was a point in time where her and me agreed on so many things in life and we were oddly similar. We could just sit back and enjoy each other's company for hours on end day after day. She's become things she once said she hated. But she's happier now. If she was to try to talk now, I can firmly and honestly say I would not.
I could say I disagree with some of her life choices, but it's her life and ultimately she's far happier. I need to use her as inspiration rather than the source of sadness. We started in the same place. Awkward, isolated, wanting to be more social, but pretty much too scared to do it. So we would spend all our time socializing behind the computer. She literally went from sad to happy in a week and a half. She forced herself to get aggressive. "If you want lots of friends you need to make yourself heard. You can't just hide in the shadows and expect people to notice you. You've got to walk up to people and say hello!" She has "grown up" in weeks, and I'm 12 years older and need to do the same. In the end it also doesn't make sense for her to be friends with me anymore. She really doesn't need me. Our ideals and values are too different. As great as internet friends are, you lose something by never meeting, never actually being together when doing things.
I won't be able to completely change who I am like her, but she's shown me how life is all about perspective, and as soon as you can change that, then you're living in a whole new world.