My old friend actually reached out to me in a dark time when I needed it the most. I’m so lucky to have her back as a friend in my life. My former long term partner was a very jealous woman and never explicitly told me I couldn’t have friends who were women, but would guilt trip me and act like I was going to leave her for them all the time. So I unintentionally fell out of touch with a lot of my friends. I feel really loved knowing my friend missed me and wanted to reach out and cared about how I was doing after barely speaking in ten years. It means so much to me, and I would have never had the courage to reach out to her because I felt like a bad friend who bailed on her for a controlling partner!