Dear LeBron James: Covert Messages Pathetic and Unfair to Your First Love

Commentary8 years ago4 min readVeronika Quispe

Dear LeBron James,

It’s been a long time since you and I shared our feelings about each other. Last time you came over, my emotions got the best of me and I ended up making fun of you with all my friends. I apologize for that. Despite my behavior that night, I really hope you’re doing well.

I want to believe it’s the horrible Cleveland weather that has you stuck inside your home writing cryptic posts on your social media. I understand it may be a way for you to vent on the turmoil the direction your current relationship has taken upon you and those around you. However, I’m tired of hearing from everyone that you’re tweeting and Instagramming about me.

Granted, I know it’s wrong to masochistically lurk through your social media, and I wouldn’t have looked twice if it were just one post, but it has been several. Therefore, it makes it difficult to ignore.

I know you see me admiring someone else. He’s just more likable, noble, humble and his talents excite my nights even from so far away. I understand that your heart and ego may be broken since you used to be the center of attention and now someone else is filling that space, but as you said time and time again – life goes on.

I’m also aware that you hung out with my best friend recently. I want to make it perfectly clear I’m not mad about that. I know your great friendship over the years we were together only got stronger, and that shouldn’t be hampered by the fact that we couldn’t work out. Wade is an incredible guy and should be able to guide you through this difficult time.

Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

I’m reaching out to you because if these posts are about me, and you hanging out with my friends, is indicative of your longing for me, it’s quite frankly a bit pathetic and not to mention unfair. It’s not fair for you to be unhappy with your current partner, and the problems you’re facing. That’s private, and you should address said problems outside of Twitter and Instagram.

It’s also not fair for you to toy with my emotions time and time again. You and I have been over for a long time, and seeing your posts just makes me reminisce on the four wonderful years we had together. It also makes me wonder if there is a chance of you returning your talents back into my arms and we pick things up right from where we left off. But that’s unrealistic. We’re both so different now, and we need different goals.

I hope that as soon as winter melts in Cleveland and spring blossoms, you’ll be able to sit back and remember the second biggest decision you so publicly made back in 2014. If not, I’m here to remind you – just as dramatically as you came, you left. You left the sunshine. You left the wonderful four years we had, you left me.

We grew, we laughed, we were the envy of the world, we accomplished goals together, but, you left.

I tried my very best to make you stay. I knew going through rough waters would test just how strong our relationship was and I needed you by my side, but you left.

You left me because you felt you needed to go back with your first love, even after all the mistreatment and disrespect. At that moment, I wiped my tears away and headed forward.

You should do the same, and get your head in the game before you’re all forgotten.

Love always,
Biscayne Boulevard

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