I still think about a girl I met on Reddit.
I don’t even know why I’m writing this. Maybe because it’s been 6 months and not a single day passed where I didn’t think about her at least once.
I started using Reddit in August 2025. I literally knew nothing about how the app worked. A few days later, after I made some emotional post, a girl texted me. Let’s call her “Orange”.
I remember telling her, “Reddit samajh nahi aa raha, meri guide banogi?”
And she actually helped me learn everything about the app.
At first she was just some random anonymous Reddit friend. Nothing special.
Then one day she asked me for help. There was a guy she loved, and apparently he loved her too. She wanted me to text him pretending to be a girl and “check his loyalty”. I did it, but the guy figured it out.
She got emotional after that. I don’t know why, but that day I also ended up telling her about some imaginary story I made up — that I loved a Reddit girl who didn’t love me back.
Funny thing is… maybe that imaginary story slowly became real.
Days passed. Then weeks. We kept talking almost every day. Slowly we started knowing more about each other. Her thoughts, her mood swings, random details about life… all those small things that somehow become important later.
After around a month or so, I asked for her Instagram. She said she didn’t really use it. I never pushed her for photos either. I was curious about how she looked, obviously, but weirdly after some point it stopped mattering that much.
From August to November, she just became a part of my routine.
Then one day she told me she was leaving Reddit because of studies. I said it was okay and maybe we’d reconnect someday.
But before leaving, she asked for my Telegram.
We talked there for a few days too.
The thing is, I was 16 and she was 1 9 . Maybe that’s why I never really had the courage to say what I actually felt.
And then suddenly, on 15 November, all our chats disappeared.
Maybe deleted from both sides. Maybe something else happened. I honestly still don’t know.
I didn’t even remember her exact Telegram username properly. Her Reddit account was deactivated too.
And just like that, someone who became part of my everyday life disappeared completely.
It’s been 6 months now.
Maybe this story sounds stupid. Maybe it sounds childish. But I swear there hasn’t been a single day where I didn’t randomly think about her.
Sometimes it’s just for a few seconds. Sometimes it ruins my whole mood for hours.
There’s just this weird emptiness in my head now.
I don’t even know if she remembers me anymore.
But wherever she is, I genuinely hope she’s okay.