Former Friend

Roughly two years ago a former friend made the comment that they could no longer be my friend because they newspaper said I did horrible things and the newspaper doesn’t lie. Trying to get my life back in order and get on the correct path in life, I looked back and thought of the time I was very suicidal and the same former friend was so worried and upset for me. So today I said what the heck and decided I would message the girl and see how she was doing and see if she wanted to do something sometime to catch up. I figured she would be willing because she always wanted a boyfriend but never had luck in the dating department and I thought that level of caring she level of caring she should those years ago may have meant she had much deeper feelings for me. To my surprise the response was not positive and instead still completely negative. With a reminder I did horrible things and that she would much rather be single than go on a date with a criminal. I guess former friends are “former” for a reason. While it may not be the best approach, I think I will stick with leaving the former friends in the past despite a desire to get on the right path and forgive and you know there are a few I would love to reconnect it. But for now, my mental health cannot handle another negative response from those that have already exited my life.