Romantic break-ups suck, but there is a specific kind of ache that comes from becoming strangers with someone you once considered your best friend. Recently, we asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to revisit the friendship breakups that left them absolutely shattered. From middle school fallouts to quietly drifting apart in adulthood, people of all ages shared vulnerable stories of losing touch with a friend they hoped would be in their lives forever. Here are 21 of the most gut-wrenching platonic heartbreak stories: 1. "We met through my sister and ended up being super close. I truly saw this person as family. Fast forward 6 years, and I'm embroiled in a lawsuit with my employer, who essentially bullied me out of a position I'd spent a decade building. This 'friend' worked for the same company and testified against me in the tribunal. They said some of the nastiest stuff I've ever heard, and what's worse, none of it was true. They'd even tried to secretly record me incriminating myself and got nothing.…