There’s always that one girl in your friend group with a boyfriend that no one’s a huge fan of. Their toxic on-again, off-again relationship starts to consume you and before you know it, you’re finding every single way to give not-so-subtle hints to your BFF about why she needs to leave that dude. I was part of this cycle for 7 years. Yes… my best friend could not shake this guy for 7 whole years.
I’ve watched my bestie go through the highs and lows of this entire relationship and let me tell you, the lows were really freaking low. Every time they would get back together it wouldn’t be more than a few months before something drastic happened in their relationship. Sometimes it was lying and sometimes it was cheating. No matter what it was that killed their relationship it always resulted in my best friend becoming depressed. Even though this was the case she always got back with him no matter what. From the outside, I could never comprehend why or how she could be so forgiving but what I couldn’t see was the manipulation that was involved. He could say or do anything to get her back and I absolutely hated that for her. “How does she not see it? WTF is going through her head?”
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This cycle repeated itself so often that it became second nature to me and to my best friend. She became so comfortable with being in a toxic relationship which probably made it even harder for her to come to terms with what was truly going on. I really thought that she was going to marry this guy and then end up regretting it years later. This is when things finally changed. After years of him cheating and lying on multiple occasions, there was one instance that finally flipped the switch for my best friend.
She left town one night to hang with another one of her friends for their birthday. The next morning, I wake up to a text from a mutual friend of ours. She sent me a screenshot of our best friend’s boyfriend with his old ex-girlfriend. I immediately called my best friend and asked if she knew about this. She said no and asked me to find out what was going on. As all of us gals know, girls can find out literally anything in a matter of seconds, and that’s exactly what I did (#detectivemode). I checked his ex-girlfriend’s profiles until I came across her TikTok account. Yes… her TikTok. She posted multiple videos with my best friend’s boyfriend. I sent these to my BFF immediately. I did some more digging on her other profiles and found some other recent pictures of them. After seeing all of this, she confronted him and found out that he had hung out with his ex on multiple occasions throughout their relationship. My best friend was obviously super shocked and upset but she broke up with him immediately.
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So yeah, that was the story of how I found out my best friend was getting cheated on because of TikTok. If your bestie needs a push to get out of their relationship, maybe you’ll want to show them this article. It’s sad to say it, but some people don’t change and will always continue to hurt the best people around them. If you’re wondering, my best friend has removed her ex from her life and is THRIVING! She is so forgiving and has no hard feelings towards the situation and truly wants to be the bigger person and move on. I know it will take her time to heal from this but I haven’t seen her this happy in a long time. All you can do is stick by your best friend, no matter how dumb they may seem for sticking with something so terrible, and eventually she’ll realize and thank you for never leaving her side. Relationships are tough but having your best friend right beside you makes things so much better.
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