Why don't you talk to your once "best friend" anymore?

My high school best friend and I went to different colleges. Once I was away from her for awhile, I realized what a shitty narcissistic person she was. We had good times, she was super funny and we always were joking around together. But she also lied about so much in her life trying to create drama, attention, and sympathy from anyone and everyone.

Some things she told people that were 100% lies: Came to school one day with a bandage on her wrist and claimed her Dad pushed her down the stairs. Before Christmas break, she said she was dreading it because her parents were getting a divorce. During that same Christmas break she had gotten a tattoo, but she couldn't show anyone in school because of its "location" (oh, and her parents did not divorce). One summer she got "skin cancer", but it was removed immediately. Amazingly, there was no scar under the bandage she had. And the worst offense to me that I didn't even see for what it was until way later. She "disappeared" during my 16th birthday party. No one could find her for over an hour. We went out "searching" for her, and came back to find that she had just been hiding in a room the whole time.

While I didn't believe most of her bullshit even at the time, I still stuck by her side because she made me feel "important" to be her friend. I didn't realize how little she actually cared about me beyond our shared inside jokes, and my codependency on her until we didn't see each other every day. The cutoff was almost instantaneous. It was like if she could physically see me, I didn't exist. So I moved on, and found way better friends. I think I saw her maybe twice after high school, and I haven't talked to or seen her in probably 8-9 years.

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