Have you ever noticed how some people treat friendships like a waiting room until their relationship is ready?

growing up,
i went through hell with jackals so i mastered the art of the swerve early.
to this day,
people are still salty i dropped them like a bad habit.

it was never about me being a bad friend or two faced.
it was about them and their fucked up behavior.
too-da-loo bitch.
you know what really grinds my gears tho?…

This brand new behavior people get into when they start getting fucked.
Not just fucked,
fucked by someone they actually like.

the ones who leaned on me when their life was trash,
cried on my shoulder,
and blew up my phone everyday just to font/talk about nothing at all.
as soon as someone new comes on their life:

New relationship in; Jamari Fox out.

name changed to “casper the unfriendly ghost”.

this just happened last week.
my “friend” went MIA the second they got a relationship/life upgrade.
i started getting standard check-ins in like we are social media friends.
this time,
i didn’t get a random check in:

…but to ask why a mutual friend un-followed them.
A mutual friend who is also going through some life shit like myself too.
They haven’t been there for both of us but she swerved faster than I did.
…but seriously?

even after i called them out,
the response was so gross.
“i’m in a new relationship with someone i actually like…”
what?
the wild part is they apologized for being a ghost and still continued ghosting.

Swerve downloading: 85%

on one hand,
i feel used like i was just a free therapist until something better came along.
on the other,
i’ve seen this movie before and i already know the ending.
the producer,
director,
and wardrobe department are always employed by karma.
this shit always follows the same three-act structure:

act one: they ditch all their real friends and then,
when the relationship crumbles,
they have no one.

act two: this whole thing is usually insecurity in disguise.
they can’t be alone so they cling to whoever gives them validation.

act three: the breakup is always fuckin’ shit show.
then they wanna hit you up to tell us how they missed obvious red flags.

“Oh,
I dunno,
you were so far up their ass that it was probably easy to miss them.”