Is it normal friend abandoned me
I've been friends with this girl for like 6 years, we've been through a lot and use to talk basically everyday over the internet and visit each other. We were very close, I use to have a small crush on her (we are both girls) but never pursued it cause she had a girlfriend at the time but they broke up eventually. I think she might of known I liked her and she liked me back but I still never acted on it cause I was scared of rejection.
A year ago she met a guy and they started dating, this was the time when she started to ignore me and my messages. After a bit I gave up since she never replied anymore or only replied like once a week, recently I tried messaging her again cause it was her birthday but she gave me only a few replies and stopped responding.
I still feel really upset about it cause she was literally my best friend and I still love her so much, everytime I think of her I get heartbroken cause of how much fun we had together and I miss her a lot.
I still want to be her friend but I don't want to keep messaging her if she wont respond anymore cause I respect her but it still hurts.