Dear ______.

Dear said person in my mind that I will refrain from naming,
I know you hate me. 
Everyone knows you hate me.
I respect that. I don't necessarily understand it, I don't know that I agree with you or even think I deserve it. But, you do, and I'm sure there's more to your side that I never got the chance to understand. 


That is all fine. I've come to live with it and accept it. 


Everything that happened, happened over a year ago. I moved on. Obviously you didn't. I tried to be friendly again--that just aggravated you. So I wondered if maybe I should just ignore you, but if I did that, you would use that as cause to hate on me more because I'd become the jerk who started it all over again. The only happy medium I could find was being friendly in action without interaction. I've tried so hard to do is respect you--which hasn't exactly been easy. 


With all that said, 
Here's what is NOT okay with me:
You
telling my friends 
to hate me. 


Excuse me? 
You haven't even talked me in a year and a half. 
You don't have any idea who I am now--and I am not the same girl I was back then. 
Besides, even if I was, what does getting other people to hate me do for you? 


"Forgive them, for they know not what they do." 
I guess you just don't understand yet. Maybe one day you'll learn. 
Thank you for allowing me to see who my real friends are. Anyone that really knows me and truly cares about me and is worth keeping in my life... they won't listen to you in that regard. 


I hope you find happiness. I hope things work out for you. I hope you can learn to move on, and let it go; lessen that burden. I hope you find what you're looking for.