By ROSIE WATERLAND
My relationship ended because of a bike.
Well, not really – it was a lot of things. But when a relationship has been dying for a while, there always seems to be one ridiculous thing that finally pushes it all over the edge. And for me, the bike was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Allow me to explain.
It was my first serious relationship, we’d been dating for three years, and things were fizzling out. He lived with his parents and couldn’t drive (hey – we were only just 20), so when I would catch the train out to woop woop to stay at his place, I was faced with a 300 km walk to his house. Okay, it was more like seven. But still, SEVEN KILOMETRES.
When we first got together and there was all the romance and sparkly heart feelings, he would do the round-trip: walk the seven kilometres to come and meet me so I wouldn’t have to walk to his place on my own. That’s true love.
But it didn’t take long for that to wear off, and eventually I found myself walking the route alone.
Until we started using the bike.
We figured out that if we put footpegs on the back of his little brother’s bike, he could ride out to meet me in half the time, then I could just stand on the footpegs and hang on for dear life the whole way home.
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I broke up with my boyfriend because he came into my bedroom when I told him not to. There was clothes and junk all over the floor (it was a pig sty, I was 19 after all!) and I said "wait in the lounge, I'm just going to grab my handbag". I went into my room to get it and heard him come in behind me, trying to wade his way though the mess. I just lost it and started screaming about him not listening. I think I might be a bitch.
I broke up with my ex over Starcraft! He played it ALL day EVERY day, to the point where I'd leave for work in the morning and he'd be playing it in his pyjamas... And come home at night to him, still on the computer in his pyjamas. Appalling! And so lazy. He didn't even know how to use the washing machine or cook a meal that didn't include toast and beans.
I finally ended it when I came home one night and found a letter from his TAFE course that said they'd be removing him from the course because he hadn't bothered to turn up for any of his classes. I was furious! We had a massive argument over it and he accused me of never spending any time with him, how I didn't respect his 'life choices' (he wanted to be a game designer, I think he works at Officeworks now!) and how I never paid for anything (he didn't have a job and to this day owes me about $5000). Ugh.
Thankfully I'm with a gorgeous man now whom I can't imagine life without. And he can use the washing machine!