Today's 100 words:
In graduate school, I dated a guy I thought was the love of my life. When he said he didn't want to be with me anymore, my whole world crumbled--I couldn't eat or sleep... Even one of my professors remarked later--after I'd finally gotten over the guy--that I had been looking gray and sick for a while and he was glad to see me looking healthy and happy again. My mistake was not loving the guy but letting him rule my world--allowing him to be my sun. I truly hope my daughter never does the same.
Showing posts with label end of relationship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label end of relationship. Show all posts
Monday, January 16, 2012
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The girl who broke up with her boyfriend
How it should have gone:
*RING*
"Greg, there's something I have to tell you. Can you come over?"
"I'll be there in a few minutes."
...
"What's going on? You sounded so serious on the phone."
"Greg... I don't know how to say this, so I just will. There's someone else. I'm sorry."
How it went:
*RING*
"Greg?"
"Hey. When do you want me to come over?"
"Um, I don't want to see you anymore."
*RING*
"Greg, there's something I have to tell you. Can you come over?"
"I'll be there in a few minutes."
...
"What's going on? You sounded so serious on the phone."
"Greg... I don't know how to say this, so I just will. There's someone else. I'm sorry."
How it went:
*RING*
"Greg?"
"Hey. When do you want me to come over?"
"Um, I don't want to see you anymore."
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
You live, you learn
Today's 100 words:
They say what goes around comes around, and I think there's some truth in that. Greg and I dated for six years, through high school and part of college. He was sweet, kind, and wanted to be with me, always talking about our future. For a time, I felt the same; I thought nothing would drive us apart. But then I met Rob--older, attractive, dangerous Rob--and I left Greg with no real explanation. But one reaps what one sows, I think. Not long after, Rob, who I loved like Greg had loved me, dumped me in the same abrupt way.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Her
Today's 100 words:
I slowed down as I walked past his office and glanced inside, as I always did. Even though we were no longer together, even though he had told me it was over, that he couldn't be with me, that he didn't see a future for us, I couldn't stop caring for him, loving him. I "stalked" him, I suppose, but never maliciously. I just wanted to know he was okay. But that day I looked into his office and saw him talking to her, their heads bent close together. I understood. I wasn't her. I could never be her.
I slowed down as I walked past his office and glanced inside, as I always did. Even though we were no longer together, even though he had told me it was over, that he couldn't be with me, that he didn't see a future for us, I couldn't stop caring for him, loving him. I "stalked" him, I suppose, but never maliciously. I just wanted to know he was okay. But that day I looked into his office and saw him talking to her, their heads bent close together. I understood. I wasn't her. I could never be her.
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