I’m having some sort of awakening… this past year I have come to the painful realization that most people in my life are taking advantage of me or only make presence in my life when they need something from me. One of them is painful to admit to myself… my “best friend” of 20 years. I feel stupid and taken advantage of that I never saw it for 20 years and now that I have stepped back from her and really have replayed our entire friendship over in my head, I feel dumb for never seeing how mean and uncaring she was to me. How inconsiderate. How fake. The list goes on, so I’ll spare you. Bottom line, I want a clean break from her. I am done. Forever. And I want to delete her from all of my social media because I just don’t want to see her or get triggered by her. The problem I am having is that we are so intertwined with each other’s family and friends. I need to do this for my mental health. But AITAH if I unfriend her family? (including her parents, sister, daughter and her other best friend) Her parents have always treated me well and reached out to me like their own daughter at times. I was actually her daughters god mother but when she graduated high school a few years ago we weren’t really included much which hurt. I feel so used by my ex best friend. If I don’t block her family and other friends, I’ll still see her tagged in things and in their photos. But I don’t want to hurt any of them and seem ungrateful. Bc they have done nothing wrong. But I definitely don’t want my ex bestie in my life moving forward. And she shouldn’t have the privilege of being able to snoop on my social media and see me through her daughter’s account, mother, sister, etc. idk how to handle this and need advice. I just know that I need to make some serious changes in my life and completely sever her and other toxic people out of my life so I can grow, evolve and indulge in what’s best for me and what I want. I need some advice on how to navigate this. I have been in an abusive relationship with a narcissist bestie and idk why it has taken me this long to truly see it! 😭