Today, I broke up with my boyfriend. I had only been dating him for about a month. Thinking he wouldn't take it very hard, I invited him over so I could tell him in person. Little did I know he was going to start crying on my couch and not leave for 5 hours. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend. I called him about two minutes after, and he'd already fallen asleep. FML
Today, I went to see my boyfriend with the intention of breaking up with him. Instead I discovered that he lost his job today and has to move back in with his parents. I can't bring myself to dump someone who's already crying about his horrible day. Now I have to comfort my soon-to-be ex. FML
Today, I went to my boyfriend's apartment to break up with him since he's always busy, and I haven't seen or spoke to him in almost 2 months. I arrived to find out from his landlord that he'd moved out 3 weeks ago, leaving a note saying that we were over. FML
Today, I was making out with my boyfriend. When we took a break and went downstairs, he checked the mail. He had received a letter from his ex-girlfriend, which he opened in front of me. He then began sobbing on my shoulder and broke up with me. He still had to drive me home. FML
Today, my boyfriend of almost a year and a half broke up with me when he decided he wasn't in love with me anymore. We gave our stuff back, he was joking and happy the whole time until I told him I was taking back my cat. At that point he burst into tears. FML
Today, I was going to break up with my boyfriend for taking me for granted and being such a jerk. He didn't even show up for our date. FML
Today, my boyfriend called and said he was stopping by to talk. I didn't understand why he would stop by, so I asked if he was going to break up with me, he said no. Half an hour later, he knocked on my door to break up with me. FML
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend. Devastated, he withered onto the floor into an inconsolable wreck in front of dozens of people. The ribbon of embarrassment that went down my spine was too much for me to handle, so I had to tell him I was "only joking." FML
Today, I'd been getting ready to hear my boyfriend's proposal, as his friends had told me he'd talked to them about planning it. He showed up at my house out of the blue… to tell me he's breaking up with me, only to find out he proposed to his ex hours later. FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me, by text, while we were in the same room. FML
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barlessprison 16
Kudos to you for breaking up with him in person rather than by text. He would have probably handled it much worse (like crying for 10 hours on your couch) if you did that.
PSQ91 6
He's got some issues...
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Comments (165)
filmfixed 1
You bitch
Lexi_Ray 5
maybe he really loved you?
RyanX92 0
it was only a month
WallyTheWombat 0
He could just be a drama queen? Props to OP for doing it in person and even more props for letting him stay and cry. Idk if the dude I broke up with did that I'd ask myself, "Why the **** were you dating a dude? You're not gay. What the **** have you been smoking?!" Then I'd have to sit down and think about any other decisions I've made lately...
Rosalie_Haostn 0
sooo true.
je_suis_fml 11
yea 60, cause love definitely have a time restriction..
Chrissy44 0
I think it's pretty awesome you told him in person. It sucks he was effected so badly but you can't make yourself feel something you don't.
a_nutritionist 10
like empathy?
ollierobs 0
Affected*
mmccombs13 0
well said.
Epsilonyx 15
YDI, you crimson-and-sin stained harlot. THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU.
zzzBOLTzzz 1
Had the gender roles been reversed, this fml would've gotten a lot of YDIs, with only a few FYLs... So YDI.
DjeePee 25
May I ask why this FML would get more YDI's if the gender was reversed? I don't get why someone even would give a YDI. YDI for what? For dumping the boyfriend? For doing it in personal? For thinking it wouldn't bother him so much? I gave a FYL and I would still do that if OP was a boy.
a_nutritionist 10
YDI because you couldnt care less that someone you supposedly cared about is upset. i know, its been a month, so what? some people wont even shed a tear after years together, some people cry after 1 month. theres no rulebook on when to cry. empathy is not something you can buy, and after knowing this person for over a month youd know the kind of emotional level youre going to be dealing with. otherwise why the hell are you in a relationship with somebody you dont know? if you just wanna **** something, then say so.
Ins0mau 20
Actually it DID remind me of that FML where virtually EVERYONE called the guy an arsehole for breaking up with her at HIS house instead of hers. same thing happened here and it's not an issue... I wondered why it was such a huge isse vck then too.
a_nutritionist 10
dont get me wrong, i totally support breaking up with him. i just think writing an fml because you had to deal with an emotional person who you hurt because of your own choices is a total YDI. he didnt hurt you, attack you, insult you...nothing. he cried. yeah, **** your life? i dont think so.
pippacrawford 4
43- what gives the impression that OP didn't care? She let him stay and cry at her house for five hours instead of asking him to leave. It was a relationship where one person was more invested in the other, which is pretty much the case for a majority of relationships. She did the right thing by ending it rather than stringing him along and respected him enough to do it in person. Then she finds out that she really hurt him and probably spent 5 hours trying to comfort him. Is she not entitled to feel awkward and uncomfortable over that situation?
rhpsfan9 10
Well you did the right thing, So now just move on
s10biker 1
you never do that at your house! BAD IDEA!!!
Glitterhinoceros 14
Wimp. After the third hour, you should have threatened to beat him with a broom if you didn't get out. Or the third minute.
xleanne_aLly 23
OP exaggerating.. it was probably more like 30minutes tops.
laden_swallow09 35
29 - I don't understand why you're getting down-thumbed. It's just good sense for just such an occasion as this.
xleanne_aLly 23
awww, poor guy.
AngelLove251987 0
what a girl