How Do You Mend a Friend's Broken Heart?*

How do you mend a friend's broken heart? How do you let them know that whatever they are going through right now will pass and that everything will be better? How do you convince someone that there is someone, something much better in life out there for them. How do you tell someone that no matter what happens, you'll be there. How do you tell someone to snap out of it and move on, when you know that that is the last thing they probably want to hear.

I have had my first ever real, traumatic heart break when I was 15. I thought that my world was over when the person I have fallen in love with, promised me the world and then broke my heart by lying to me and lying to everyone else about us. You see, he was 6 years older than I was (take note, B is 11 years older and he had the balls to tell everyone I was his girl!), and back then, age was an issue. When you live in a small town and go to a small school, the walls have hears and soon, everyone heard about our relationship, and people started to talk. When the news came to him, he panicked and denied we were ever a couple. He did this 3 times to me, and on the 1st and 2nd time, he told me that it was for the best and that people wouldn't understand what we had, I was too naive to think that he was only after one thing and that the moment I gave it up, he'd leave me. I never gave it up. I just wasn't that kind of girl, I had my limits and that one was definitely one thing I wasn't ready to give up, at that time. I guess he finally realized I wasn't giving it up because he began dating someone else and before I knew it, we were over. I was devastated.

Needless to say, I sulked for a long time. I cried myself to sleep and sometimes, I was so anxious that I didn't get much sleep at all. Sure, my friends tried to comfort me, and tell me that I'm young and that I'd find someone else and that I would be happy, but back then, I didn't believe them. I was so hurt and so angry. I felt so alone and despite the people around me telling me they were there, I didn't feel they understood.

I know that is how my friend is feeling right now. I know that no matter how reassuring our words can be, it won't feel that way, at least not now. I know that despite our comforting hugs and words, she still feels alone and sad and miserable. I don't know what else to tell her, because I feel I have told her that I am here for her no matter what, a million times already. What else can I do? How do you mend a friend's broken heart?

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