I grew up in a pente church which had its own school, so when it all fell apart when I was 18, the shattering of relationships was devastating. My best friend would completely ignore me whenever I saw her around town. And that was just 1 person out of how many relationships I lost as a result of leaving after the split.
To this day, there is only 1 person I am still friends with, & ironically we weren't that close while we were in the church. But our mutual love of horses brought us together afterwards, & to this day we are able to laugh together over all the bs we were fed on a constant basis.
I still have trouble with having a lot of friends, because it's hard to find someone who can be supportive of what I'm going through, but I appreciate the few friends I have now, especially everyone on this site!!
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