I had a "friend" that I had known since birth, we were born a week apart in the same hospital, and our mothers must have bonded over the shared experiences.

We grew up together and we lived nearby.

I always thought we were friends.

What I didn't realize is that we barely chatted, I was okay with it at the time as I didn't have a proper understanding of what friendship meant to me.

In 2017/2018, I asked her to go to a cafe together

She told me that she was busy and that she'd get back to me but she never did. I asked her numerous times and waited for her to get back to me and she never did.

She got a boyfriend and never told me, I still didn't think anything of it.

She moved away and she never told me, I didn't think anything of it.

She asked me if I knew she was into Sylvanian Families which made me realise that I didn’t know anything much about her.

When I found out that she was pregnant via my mother in 2020 that is when I finally knew that we were not friends but just acquaintances and stopped talking to her at all.

I can't believe it took me so long to realise that just because you've known someone for many years/all of your life it doesn't mean that you are friends.