51. We Found Out the Day Before He Moved
He just up and moved.
Didn’t tell anyone — just moved.
We hung out pretty much every single day from high school through college. But he decided, “Nah, gonna move across the country to be with some girl I met on the internet a month ago.”
We found out the day before he moved from his brother who also found out that day. We tried to call him and to throw a small going away party or just have a last drink. He responded hours later “at a movie, will call after.” He never texted us afterward or called.
Years later I ran into his brother again and had a chat with him. He told me his brother never reached out to us after moving because he was afraid we’d be mad at him for what he did — heck, he even came back to the area for a week at one point and didn’t tell anyone. BS man, cause I reached out to you like a dozen times and always got dismissive quick 1-2 word replies.
He’s still on my Facebook for whatever reason and he’s [presumably] happily married. And I’m happy for him in that regard, but it’s still a sore spot.