As a reality TV fan, there is a strange (and slightly unhinged?) feeling of loss when the reality stars whose lives you've watched unfold for so many years step away from the camera. You realize that the over-familiar (and entirely one-sided) relationship you've formed with them won't continue in the same way.

After the announcement Tuesday that the show's twelfth season will feature an all-new cast, some of the original "Rules" stars are sharing their farewells on social media.