I seem to recall you talking about getting into a nice relationship you enjoyed.
I'm so sorry. I was really happy you were moving into a nice chapter because I usually enjoy your input.
I can't really say anything to cope or give advice but I was really pulling for you. So I hope you can come back okay.
Thanks. I honestly thought this one was for real. Turns out that (much to the surprise of not only me but multiple friends who met the guy) he dumped me because he "wanted new experiences". Those were his words, and I wish I was making up how bullshit that sounded.
I'm not going to act like I had nothing to do with it. A man doesn't suddenly look for something new if you're giving him what he wants. A lot of it was (and I'm guessing, because I think he thought he was being a nice guy by not only not saying he was having issues with me, but not blaming me at all), I'm processing whether or not the last 25 years of my career was wasted/spent as a DEI hire and whether or not he wanted to deal with it.
I let him know that I didn't appreciate being in a situationship when we talked multiple times that I was looking for something long-term, and I appreciated even less when he (and frankly, when any man does this) suggested that after dumping me, we should be friends.
Like, you decide unilaterally to change the terms of our relationship (such as it apparently was) so that I get decidedly
less than before, and I'm supposed to be satisfied with that arrangement? Just embrace being the bad guy here, and don't pretend that after having known me, I'd sit back and accept being a simp?
All that to say...thanks. I hide the fact that i post on this board for obvious reasons, but generally speaking, the folks on this board are better than most other places on the internet. Y'all might not always be nice, but at least I can expect people here to be honest with me.