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I broke up with my girlfriend

2017-06-18 · 7 min

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  1. So, um, I finally did it. I broke up with

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  2. my girlfriend. I told her a few days ago

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  3. over Skype, just via text messages.

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  4. Actually, at first I wasn't even going to

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  5. tell her anything. I was just going to

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  6. block her and delete her and ignore her.

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  7. I blocked her on Line, which is this

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  8. messaging app that we use, but I I forgot

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  9. to block her on Skype. I deleted Skype off

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  10. my phone, but I forgot to delete it off my

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  11. iPad. And when I looked at my iPad, there

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  12. was a little red number 1 next to the

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  13. Skype icon. And out of curiosity, I

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  14. clicked on the Skype icon and I got about

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  15. 7 to 10 messages from her, loads of missed

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  16. calls. She was saying that if

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  17. I want to break up, I should just tell

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  18. her, not just ignore her. And she wanted

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  19. to know what was going on. She even left

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  20. me a voice message, which I listened to,

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  21. and it was really sad listening to it.

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  22. She was saying something like,

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  23. um, why won't you call me? Why won't you

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  24. reply to me? After I heard that voicemail,

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  25. I felt really guilty, and I felt like I

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  26. really should tell her. I should at least

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  27. tell her properly my feelings instead of

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  28. just ignoring her like this, because I've

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  29. had the same thing done to me before.

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  30. I've been blocked blocked and ignored like

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  31. that before, and it doesn't feel good. I

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  32. just told her that I've been doing some

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  33. thinking and I don't think it's gonna work

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  34. out. We're not really suited to each

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  35. other, and that it's not your fault. You

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  36. didn't do anything wrong. And yeah, I just

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  37. said I'm really sorry, and that was how I

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  38. broke up with her. And in response, she

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  39. said something like, that's really unfair

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  40. of you. I want to talk properly. And I

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  41. responded with, what do you want to talk

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  42. about? Because I didn't feel like there

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  43. was anything more to talk about. And that

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  44. was about 3 days ago. Since then, she

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  45. hasn't replied, and I did get a few missed

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  46. calls from her, which I missed. There's 2

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  47. main reasons why I decided to break up

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  48. with her, and those are: number one, I

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  49. don't really feel attracted to her, and

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  50. number two, I don't think she's an

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  51. interesting person. We have nothing in

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  52. common. I found it really difficult to

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  53. think of things to talk to her about

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  54. because she doesn't know anything or have

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  55. any interest in the things that I'm

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  56. interested in. And I'm not really

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  57. interested in talking about random things

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  58. or making small talk. That isn't really

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  59. something that I enjoy doing. I like

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  60. talking about things that are interesting

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  61. to me, and if I sense that the person I'm

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  62. talking to isn't really interested in

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  63. those things as well, then I kind of just

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  64. give up and I don't even try to talk to

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  65. them about the things that I want to talk

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  66. about because it feels kind of pointless.

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  67. The thing is, if I felt attracted to her,

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  68. I wouldn't actually care if we had a lot

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  69. of things in common or not. I wouldn't

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  70. really care if she wasn't interested in

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  71. listening to the things that I wanted to

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  72. talk about if I was attracted to her. The

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  73. problem is I don't really feel attracted

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  74. to her and I don't find her interesting.

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  75. I could overlook the fact that she's not

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  76. very attractive if we had things in common

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  77. and I really found it fun and interesting

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  78. to talk to her, but she has neither of

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  79. those things. I'm not attracted to her and

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  80. I don't find her interesting, so I feel

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  81. like you need one or the other. I can

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  82. understand that it's very unlikely to be

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  83. able to find a partner where you feel

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  84. really attracted to them and you have

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  85. loads of things in common, and I guess

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  86. it's kind of unrealistic to expect that

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  87. from your partner, but I just can't be in

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  88. a relationship where I don't feel

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  89. attracted to her and we have nothing in

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  90. common. If you ask me, can you tell me one

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  91. good thing, one thing you really like

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  92. about your girlfriend, I would really

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  93. struggle because I can't really think of

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  94. anything that I really like about her

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  95. apart from the sex, and even the sex got

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  96. kind of boring after only 2 weeks. She has

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  97. asked a few times in the past if she could

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  98. see my YouTube channel, but I never felt

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  99. like that there was any point because

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  100. number one, she doesn't speak English, so

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  101. she wouldn't even understand what I'm

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  102. talking about anyway. Plus, I don't think

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  103. she would understand the kind of humor my

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  104. videos have, and I've made countless

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  105. videos talking about her and other girls

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  106. and relationships in the past, and I'm

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  107. pretty sure she would be kind of upset if

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  108. she saw those. This whole relationship has

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  109. just been a complete disaster. Right from

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  110. the beginning, I kind of realized that we

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  111. had nothing in common, but I was just so

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  112. focused on having sex and that was all I

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  113. could think about. I kind of let that

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  114. blind me to all the red flags and I didn't

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  115. really care about anything else. I didn't

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  116. care that we didn't have anything in

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  117. common. I just wanted to have sex. That

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  118. was all I was thinking about. But now that

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  119. I've had sex, I don't really feel like

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  120. there's anything out of this relationship

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  121. that I want anymore. I didn't think it

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  122. would be this difficult, you know. I

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  123. thought it'd just be like, just have sex

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  124. and then say goodbye to her, finish, move

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  125. on to the next one. But I feel really

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  126. shit. I feel like a dick. I feel so guilty

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  127. and bad about it. I imagine how sad she

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  128. must be feeling, and it just tears me up

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  129. inside. And I don't know what's worse,

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  130. breaking up with her because I've had

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  131. enough of having sex, or staying in a

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  132. relationship with someone that I don't

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  133. really have any feelings for, but just out

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  134. of guilt. It's just kind of funny, I

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  135. think. I've gone through so many different

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  136. emotions, and I've changed my mind so many

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  137. times. Just a few months ago, I was even

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  138. thinking about going back to Japan in July

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  139. to meet her again and rent an apartment.

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  140. And back in January, I was even thinking

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  141. about getting married to her when I hardly

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  142. knew anything about her. It was just

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  143. craziness. It just feels like so

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  144. much has happened in such a short amount

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  145. of time. I just don't understand why this

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  146. keeps happening. Why do relationships have

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  147. to be so difficult? Why is it so hard?

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  148. How come I can't just have sex with

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  149. someone and not end up breaking their

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  150. hearts? It's like this happens every time.

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  151. Do you think I enjoy breaking people's

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  152. hearts? Because I don't. I don't enjoy

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  153. making people upset or sad. I want people

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  154. to be happy. Can't you just be happy?

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  155. Why? Why can't you be happy?

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  156. Was it my fault that I didn't really feel

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  157. attracted to you? Was it my fault that I

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  158. didn't find you to be very interesting?

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  159. Maybe it was my fault. Maybe I should have

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  160. found out those things. Maybe I should

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  161. have found out if I actually liked you or

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  162. not before having sex with you. But I

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  163. guess it's too late now. So I just wanted

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  164. to say sorry for making false promises.

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  165. Sorry for wasting your time, and I

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  166. hope you feel better soon. Don't stay sad

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  167. for too long. And, um,

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  168. yeah.

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