Dear EU,
I'm afraid the time has come for us to go.
I know the past few years have been difficult for both of us, ever since we stormed out in 2016. We've been trying to sort ourselves out since then, but it just hasn't worked. We're still divided, and staying around is just making things worse.
We don't know where we're going to go, and we're quite scared. Change always is scary. But we hope we'll be able to make things work on our own. There's a lot of things we need to think about, and we'll hopefully be able to get ourselves sorted, but we can't stay around any more.
Some of us still want to stay, and some can't go where the rest of us are going. Please, give them the home we cannot; don't hold what we've done over the past few years against them. To those that we are leaving behind - it's ok, we understand. We're sorry you feel you can't come with us, that we are no longer where you belong, and we hope we can see you again sometime. Try to remember the good things that have happened when you were with us, and not the bad. That's not who we are, really.
The next few years are going to be difficult for both of us. There are storms coming on the horizon, and we don't know how we'll survive them, but we're sure we'll figure something out. We have to.
We've had some good times, but we need to work out who we are and where we belong. Hopefully we'll be able to make things work on our own. Maybe, at some point, we'll remember who we once were, what we have left behind, and decide to come back. We hope you'll be able to forgive us for what we've done, and welcome us back home. Please leave a light on for us, so we know which way to go if we decide to come back.
But we can't stay here, not any more. It's tearing us apart. We're sorry it hasn't worked out, and we hope we can still keep in touch, whatever happens next.
Yours,
The United Kingdom.
