i know i've been distant lately and we haven't been seeing as much of each other. i'm sorry i haven't been completely honest with you. i don't know quite how to put this. i suppose i should just get it out there fast and quick like ripping off a band aid.
i have been going somewhere else.
it was a chance encounter. my parents introduced us at christmas time and we really hit it off. i've actually been going almost every day. i know we've shared some truly great times recently. last saturday when the weather finally felt like spring and we walked to see you and sat beneath your shady green umbrellas is a memory i will cherish forever. and our time every friday afternoon with lauren at coffee club has brought times of joy and renewal to our lives. there were weeks where i sought you out every day, and days where i would go out of my way to see you several times a day. i couldn't get enough of you. in a way you could say i became obsessed. you have a luring quality that cannot be denied.
but, this new place is a new way of life. it's a change that i have longed for. i only have to walk as far as my kitchen to enjoy the beautiful aroma of a freshly pulled espresso shot. in fact, it's moved in permanently. here it doesn't matter if i get cleaned up or put on makeup. here i can totally be myself. and honestly, not to hurt you but to inform you, here is much much better coffee and you are not a cheap date. i mean, $3.50 for a latte? here it only costs maybe a dollar. my eyes were opened to your sometimes scheming ways. i wanted an out and i found one.
you'll always have a special place in my heart and i hope we can still be friends and see each other socially every now and then. we'll always have friday afternoon coffee club and sundays after church. i hope you know that i never meant to hurt you.
yours affectionately,
elisa.
p.s. i'm sorry that my parents actually met your replacement while visiting you...i know he's like your brother and i'm sure that is very hard for you.
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