My boyfriend arrived 15 minutes late for our usual Friday date night. He sat down, and he wasted no time.
"I want to talk about us," he said as he reached for my hand.
Expecting sweet nothings to follow, I leaned in closer, excited to hear what he had to say. However, instead of saying anything, he wordlessly reached into his pocket and pulled out a list. With no explanation, he began to read the contents of the list out loud — and it was the last thing I was expecting.
"Don't compliment me enough."
"Not supportive of my career."
"Doesn't put in effort to cook dinners, etc."
And my personal favourite:
"Wasting life."
As I looked up at him, confused, it became clear that what he was showing me was not lyrics — he was actually an amateur rapper — but instead, he had written down a list of all the things he didn't like about me. Instinctively, I felt mortified.
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The truth is, our relationship had been unsteady for a while, as he had tried to cheat on me with a mutual friend who embarrassingly enough, turned him down. A friend of ours threatened to tell me everything unless he came clean, so he confessed but insisted that it was just a misunderstanding. I'm ashamed to admit that my initial response wasn't to leave the relationship. I told everyone that I was waiting for the shock to subside before making a decision, but deep down, I hoped that we could work through it.
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