Relationship Breakup Puns

TLDR: It gets better. Work on yourself. Understand it takes two people to have a relationship and a lot of times there were faults of our own. NC is the rule, not the exception.

I've wanted to post in this subreddit since the very beginning of my breakup. I just couldn't write about my sadness.. but now I wanted to finally post to share hope. This subreddit helped me through a lot in the first two months. Every day just dragged on. I stopped eating. I couldn't mentally think. I lost my soon-to-be fiance and best friend in a span of moments. The best part of the break-up is it was done via text message. This was a 6 and half year relationship that ended via a text message while she was traveling. I was bitter.

I followed the advice of this subreddit. I went NC with her... crappy part was she was still living with me for another 2 weeks before she moved out. I helped her carry her things to a new place and helped her get situated right after the breakup. I made a decision within the first two weeks.. I will never go back out with someone that could betray me how she did. I can't imagine if we had kids or a mortgage together and this happened. Simply moving her out of the apartment was hard. This is when the true NC happened. I told her if she respects me then we won't be talking for the next several months. She cried stating "I wanted to forget the 6 years we had together" but I responded, "No this is where I heal."

Month 1 - I started to meet back up with my friends regularly and wanted to fix myself physically by losing weight. At this point, I could eat again but I decided... if I can go days without eating... why not do a lifestyle change and get healthy while counting my calories. I started off the breakup at 230 lbs (104kg) at 6 feet. My goal weight was around 175 lbs (79kg). The journey started and I went back into running and doing sports I haven't done in a while with my buddies while continuing the No Contact with her. I luckily don't have social media so I didn't care about her at this point. I needed to make my own story.

Month 2 - In my head, while I was hurting the first several months the quote "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" came to mind quite frequently. There was a post on this subreddit I read in the first month about the sadness coming in waves... That is so true. Some of the days I was fine. I felt like I could make it out staying sane.. Some days hurt like hell. I was in this journey to come out a better

So I'm in my 30s and just broke up with my bf. We were together for 7 years and was my first serious relationship. We got into an argument that turned out for the worst. I was really hurt when he told me that he had no plans to marry. :( But honestly, I could see that coming. Wala talaga siyang plano and I cannot handle him gaslighting and invalidating my feelings sometimes.

I am not getting any younger. I know I should not hurry but I think one of the reasons why I am afraid to breakup with him before is that baka I won't be able to marry and have my own family.

Have you found the one in your 30s? I am still feeling sad right now but maybe hearing your stories will help.

Hi, I'm a serial monogamist and I (31f) was broken up with about 3 weeks ago after a 4 year relationship. He (29m) said a lot of reasons as to why including: I'm motherly, we fight too much, he's not happy, etc. He gave a spiel on how he still loves me and is attracted to me but is deciding to not do it anymore. He also broke up with me about a year ago too which lasted 2 days maybe.

We have an apartment together which I have moved a decent amount of my stuff out of but still have more to go and will hire someone soon. (I'm staying safely at my parents.)

There are definitely red flag issues with him. He lied at the start of our relationship, he blamed me for his own issues and my being upset or crying over legitimate things (spoke with older wiser friends about this.)

But this relationship has caused me to never want to date anyone. I thought I was going to end up with him. I am demisexual, which means I have a hard time being attracted to people and need an emotional bond with someone first; I am a highly sexual person but only in the relationship and don't watch porn. This is the first time I've felt old. I've worried about societal pressures on women and how being single and 31, and no kids, is looked at. None of this stuff used to enter my mind.

But now I worry I won't find anyone who will meet my needs. I am learning to meet my own needs. I'm working on my codependency, I plan to stay single (can't think of being with anyone without being nauseated), I am learning to love myself more, and "date myself."

There just aren't decent people near me or in my areas. I tried apps like Meetup years before and would never want to use Tinder again. I want someone who shares my values and isn't gross and sexualizes people all the time.

I think I've just lost hope, I had hardly any hope before I met my ex, but now it's gone?

Tl;dr: I've given up on finding a life partner at age 31 because I have a hard time being attracted to people and I haven't met a decent, attractive person who lives near me. Despite all this I am working on myself but it's still hopeless feeling.

For some context me and my girlfriend currently have a long distance relationship as of this month but we have decided to study in different places so we will most likely be living long distance for the next five years. We've been together for 1.5 years and the relationship for the most part is pretty amazing, but in the last maybe 2-3 months she has given me two ultimatums and threatened to end our relationship. I'll try to explain my best but English is not my mother tongue.

The first ultimatum was regarding a friend of mine that she didn't like. He isn't inherently mean and would never hurt a fly but the problem stems from how different my girlfriend and my friend are. My girlfriend is a passionate and motivated person in life that is determined to get a great degree and high paying salary, while my friend is a lot more relaxed and has a very obscure and weird sense of humor. Many would classify him as odd and weird but to me he is a long time friend that is truly funny and caring when you get to know him. It also doesn't help that my girlfriend didn't get the greatest first impression(he was drunk as a skunk). Anyways the ultimatum boiled down to her not being able to stand him and me being with him, and she repels the thought of others judging her based on who I choose to hangout with. She basically framed it as "either you cut off ties with him or we can't be together". Obviously it is entirely against my nature to cut off friends just like that and I told her that I would never do such a thing, and that if she is making me choose between her and a friend then I wouldn't want to be with her anyways. She got pretty mad but after an hour or so she had kind of cooled down and we really didn't talk about it after that, though it was not the first time she has shown distain to my choice of friends.

The second ultimatum was pretty similar but this time it included a girl. Lets call this girl A for the sake of privacy. About a 1-1.5 year before I started dating my now girlfriend I had feelings for A for about half a year. She was also my best friend and I never specifically had any crazy sexual attraction to her but she meant a lot to me and after spending a lot of time with her I caught feelings. After a while I realized that we just were not a good match as anything other than friends and I slowly lost feelings towards her though she still remains one of my best friends. In august of last year I moved away from my girlfriend in the capital to study in a

I ama mid age woman who ended another relationship 1.5 yrs ago and want to move On and have been Dating And in the few dates I’ve been on , I don’t feel anything. I’m just going through the motions to get Back out there. No one interest Me and i feel more interested staying home doing my own thing.

Yesterday, late Sushant Singh Rajput's close friend Smita Parikh claimed that Rhea Chakraborty was in a relationship with Aditya Roy Kapur before she dated the Kai Po Che actor. While some are finding it fresh news, people who track Bollywood gossip knew it for a long time. The two worked together in MTV and became friends from that time. Rhea Chakraborty and Aditya Roy Kapur were dating from 2012 to 2014. It seems they had a messy break-up. As per a report in NDTV Movies, the Aashiqui 2 actor took long to get over Rhea Chakraborty. A source had told the portal, "They have broken up after dating for a while. But Aditya is still in love with Rhea and is very possessive about her." Both of them kept mum on what went wrong between the two.

During the making of Sonali Cable, stories emerged on the U-turn of Rhea Chakraborty when it came to kissing scenes. It seems when she signed the film, she was in two minds about doing the liplock. However, they broke up during the making of the film, and she agreed on doing the kissing scenes. These stories were reported by Pinkvilla. Ali Fazal was her co-star in the film. As we know, Aditya Roy Kapur kissed Shraddha Kapoor in the film. It seems he was dating the Chhichhore actress at that time. Some described the actress' move as 'revenge kissing'.

In 2014, reports came on how she refused to present an award to the hunk at an event. It seems she did not want any focus on her former equation with the actor as she was a newbie in the industry. A source told Hindustan Times, "At a recent function, the organisers wanted Rhea to present an award to Aditya, but she declined the offer to do so.” Apparently, Rhea didn’t want to start a fresh round of rumours because of this. “She has just started her acting career, and is yet to develop a strong foothold in the industry. She doesn’t want to be involved in such speculations."

Rhea Chakraborty's call records apparently showed that she was in touch with Aditya Roy Kapur in 2020. Well, it looks like the former exes became friends.

Source: [https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/rhea-chakraborty-aditya-roy-kapurs-relationship-from-revenge-kissing-to-breakup-heres-what-you-need-to-know-1809497/](https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/rhea-chakraborty-aditya-roy-kapurs-relationship-from-revenge-kissing-to

To be honest I thought I had found the love of my life. The perfect match. And then she has these freakish splits:(

For example: fear of the unknown, depression, intense hatred, disgust, or injustice.

Edit 3: STOP RECOMMENDING METAL SONGS. I HATE METAL. When I said I want lyrics I mean songs that sound good AND have good lyrics. Not just meaningful lyrics. Else I’d just listen to spoken word.

EDIT: I am mostly referring to mainstream songs, I wish mainstream songs could touch on other themes too more. Also, this post has devolved into people recommending their favorite songs. If you are going to do that, I ask that you include at least these four pieces of information: (1) Theme, (2) Song name, (3) Artist, (4) Genre

EDIT 2: I really dislike metal and rap. Aren’t very melodic. And for the record I have plenty of songs. It just took a lot more effort to find the gems. I just wish I didn’t have to put in so much effort, I wish they were more commonplace. Also I don’t care much for songs about drugs

Some random songs and their non-stereotypical themes that I’ve found are:

Ruining your reputation: Bad Reputation by Avicii (EDM)

The pressure of growing up: 7 years by Lukas Graham (Pop)

Reincarnation: Highwayman by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Krisofferson (Country)

Being popular but feeling unfulfilled: I took a pill in Ibiza by Mike Posner (EDM)

Losing it all: Viva la vida by Coldplay (Alternative)

Hey everyone,

My partner and I have been struggling with this topic for most of our 2 year relationship. I’m 22 and he’s 40.

I’ve always desired an open relationship to the point where it was a must have on my list for manifesting a partner.

He’s made it clear since day 1 he never wanted one. We still moved forward in our relationship with the hope we might be able to find a happy balance or one of us might change or views. We’ve failed to do so after 2 years.

Is it shitty of me to breakup with him over us not finding a common ground?

I (34M) dated for about 6 months and it was the best relationship I ever had. I only dated one girl before and was married to her. I loved her so much. We liked the same things and were amazing together.

She did some terrible things (slept with 5 guys due to a breakdown) and broke up. I just can’t move forward. Still keep thinking about her every minute. Just want to forget and move on but it is so difficult. Will never find someone like her again. Just wanted to share I guess.

I recently broke up with my girlfriend, but I have justified reasons, but feel guilty and am trying to leave it behind and forget the past, but what should I do?

Hi. I guess I would just like to share my story. This is my first reddit post, so I am sorry in advance - the post is pretty long & English is not my native language.

6 months ago I broke up with my (20f) ex boyfriend (21m) of almost 4 years. We grew up next to each other, but the relationship was filled with very low lows and very high highs. We both come from pretty broken families, at least we were both very affected by the way we were raised. Today I realise that our relationship was a trauma bond.

He was my first boyfriend and first lover, but he had many previous experiences, let’s say mainly physical. But we found eachother and started dating, both 16 at the time. His previous lifestyle was still echoing throughout the first year of our relationship but I forgave him, because I put him on a pedestal right from the start, gave my everything away very fast and just from my (now known to me) “broken” nature.

He changed after the first hectic year (after a lot of pleading and crying and talking), I was relieved and we became best friends. To this day I think that he was serious with the change because the relationship was really sweet after that, he took care of me, we really showed eachother that we were there for eachother. We really did become best friends, not just boyfriend and girlfriend. We did everything together, took part-time jobs together. He even later said that without me in his life he wouldn’t have been here and he will be forever thankful.

(Today I realize that majority of our relationship was us trying to act grown and together we showed eachother the most toxic behaviors, but also the best memories for us from that time. A lot of anger, family issues reflected onto us, insecurity that was embedded into us as we were growing up - we projected a lot. Which I know is typical globally for first real relationships in teenage years, but the hurting is subjective to each human, and in ours it really hurt.)

Things started to kind of “fuzz out” after approximately 2,5 years. He picked up an interest in smoking and I joined him a lot of times. The days started to get hazy, which is why I don’t have a lot of memories from that period. But the important thing I want to say is that I was still in the mindset of being “the power couple”, the “unlikely to last”, and the “we’ll work through everything together”. I loved him very much and I am very sure he did love me too.

Last year a lot of things started to get to me. If the foundation of

So, my ex boyfriend introduced me to sex toys specifically one I really enjoyed a pink vibrator other toys too, I’ll be honest and I don’t know if I should recycle them online through a service or do away with them completely?

Also, I used this particular vibrator solo sometimes while I was in this relationship because, I suffer from chronic headaches and my ex would suggest that or weed/ vaping to help me. I guess, I’m also worried I’d be tempted to use these again knowing they helped, but I know it’s officially time for me to move on and let go

Any thoughts or advice let me know please. Excuse my context also, my bad there. What can I say first break ups they’re something that’s for sure

I'm 1 month out from the breakup, doin ok. But I still have this dumb hope that we'll be together again someday. Even though I know he's not who I need. Ugh. But we were only together for about 6 months, with lots of breaks in between. Very rocky but very passionate relationship. I think that's why I miss it so much.

Not because I still love him or hope we’ll get back together just that I don’t know if I can ever fall in love again and the whole OLD thing makes me so depressed. Mindless texting conversations, game playing, creeps and freaks. I honestly just want to cry thinking about it and I wish there was another way for me to meet someone but there isn’t. Between COVID and an entire circle of friends made up of married and LTR couples my opportunities for mingling with single likeminded men is basically non-existent.

As for falling in love... frankly I just feel empty. Nothing excites me anymore, I don’t feel like making any effort for anyone. Like even feigning interest in their lives is a chore and I don’t feel like I’ll ever get that spark or sense of joy that will attract someone ever again. I basically feel like my only choice now is figuring out what’s more scary. Spending the rest my life alone or embark on another endless and horrid journey of dates until I MIGHT end up with someone decent enough again although I feel like I will never really be able to love them in the way I loved me ex. I gave him everything and it now feels like nothing’s left....

I should probably mention that I’m not depressed. I get on with other aspects of my life happily enough and enjoy spending time with friends and family. I’m also doing well at my work but it’s really just this part of my life that feels like a black hole of despair and loneliness I don’t really know how to manage. I thought time would help me heal and feel differently but a year into it I don’t feel like it’s getting any better

I'm not sure if I'm looking for advice or just some kind of consolation

When I hung out at her house, her yorkies would bark at me when I approached her from another part of the house. I already have social anxiety and generalised anxiety and I guess this barking at me made it a little worse.

It took some work and research for me to figure out what we can do to try to train them not to do this. But I didn't feel like she did her own part. Yes, she agreed to help and was supportive. But she didn't seem to offer any of her own solutions.

On top of that she called my issue with her dogs an "unhealthy paranoia". She pointed out that the other people in her life don't have a problem with the barking. This diminished my problem and made me feel broken.

As such I hated being at her house. I loved her dogs when they were good. But when they barked at me, maybe 5 events per day, it would make me upset. I know its not rational but I was always "on guard", to make sure I didn't get barked at.

It wasn't fun, and it made it harder for me to get used to sleeping over. And so I avoided it. Due to this we never developed a close enough bond. We remained individuals and the relationship fell apart, due to a multitude of other issues that also happened.

MTF (30) just started E about 3-4 months ago. I have an amazing partner I’ve been seeing for about 1 1/2 years now. They’re extremely supportive of me & my transition

However, it pains me to say that in coming to realize as a “late bloomer” I am still figuring parts of myself out. I’m still trying to understand my sexuality and lately being with someone who is “CIS” makes me feel slightly dysphoric

It pains me because I love this person and I’m not sure if I should continue to see how things go with this amazing & supportive person or if I need to take time to myself in this “new” body and mind because of these hormones changing me. I really feel like I’m a different person in many ways, for better or for worse

Has anyone else experienced similar? I hardly know any MTF my age in a similar position, so Reddit - any advice would be so greatly appreciated!

I’m 24M.

I’ll be honest, I’m really struggling with relationships. I’m absolutely petrified of them ending. Break ups make me full on break down. I really struggle to let go of the person regardless of how much I liked them and I don’t want to hurt anyone / be hurt.

It makes me extremely anxious when I’m in a relationship. Like I am now. I’ve been in one for 6 months and all I can think about when we get close and intimate is how it’ll end one day. I’m 24. I’m under no illusions that this probably won’t be my last relationship and tbh I probably wouldn’t want it to be. I’m not looking for the one right now. But the thought of it ending fills me with anxiety.

I struggle to want to be close with anyone. I feel immense guilt if I’m with someone and find another girl physically attractive. The thought of breaking up with someone makes me feel sick and so does the thought of being broken up with.

I don’t know how to approach relationships anymore. I don’t want meaningless FWB type things but I also don’t feel I’m ready to commit for the very long term. So I just feel a bit lost with regards to this.

Has anyone got any thoughts or advice on this?

Thanks

Tl;dr I can’t handle relationships because of the breakups

Not long after my breakup, a friend recommended me a book called Breakup Bootcamp by Amy Chan. At first I rolled my eyes at the title but honestly, the book helped me a lot.

There was a whole section on attachment theory and attachment style. To determine your own attachment style, you score yourself against a number of characteristics in a questionnaire. It was jaw-dropping how many of them were like OMG WOW YES for me, and many were WHOA YES in regards to my ex’s behaviour.

In short, my score revealed I have an anxious attachment. My ex is avoidantly attached. I’ve been reading a lot about it since. I (jokingly, at first) started a Discord server as a support group for those recovering from a relationship with an avoidant. Here is the link, if you’d like to join. I think it helps and validates yourself to relate to other people’s similar experiences.

Do you know yours and your ex’s attachment styles? Do you feel like this dynamic played a role in your breakup?

Now watch this scene from The Lion King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fJxQMVkaHA

Rafiki: “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it. So what are you going to do?”

"Where are you going?"

Simba: "I'm going back!"

I realized that I morphe into my partner whenever I'm in a relationship.

I do what they do and that interests me. First from video game dude, I played games and enjoyed it. I got tired of it after 6 years.

Next, a pothead, we smoke together so even if I don't want to, I just smoke to get high together.

My values and beliefs change depending on what they believe in. I always told my bestfriend that I think it's important that you and your partner should have the same values or moral compass at least. Somehow, I am questioning mine because of my recent ex.

He stole from his company and I helped him get through that. He's been being a piece of shit for awhile and I already figured he changed already yet, I still chased him. I think I am in this state of mind because I am still haven't recovered from my past trauma as a kid. I shared on another subreddit that I learned from a therapist that we chase feelings that we had as a child, say you're used to unpredictability and chaos, that's what would always interest you, so if you have a calm and peaceful relationship, you find it boring. So you choose where there is red flag, or just go with any situation that would make things complicated. My ex told me he got into his therapists head, that he doesn't allow anyone get into his head, he is the master manipulator and always gets what he wants. It's scary but he told me if I'm on his team there's nothing to be afraid of. I knew that's already a red flag. I don't know. I'm just a bit confused also because my birthday is coming up and I feel like I don't have a strong sense of self and I haven't really had strong boundaries.

TL;DR confused with my values, beliefs, and character because of my previous partners and recent ex, does that mean I don't have a strong sense of self? I'm 25F.

I have been seeing an FWB since October 2020. We’d see each other once maybe twice per week which was fine. Lately he has been more distance, I reciprocated and stopped communicating for a few days.

In early March I left on a trip and leading up to the trip he would reach out every day trying to meet up I declined but promised to meet when I returned from my trip. The day I told him i’d be back he texted me early and we met up. During out meet up he told me he wanted me to know that he was thinking about accepting a job offer out of state and would be moving by the first week of April.

I had no clue he was even thinking about moving. So the next morning ( Wednesday) I send him a “its been great seeing you these last few months, have a great life in FL and take care” goodbye text, I wanted to end it on my terms I guess. To which he replied “its been great seeing you too, the job is not set in stone, I will let you know what they say.”

Thursday he invites me over again.. we chat and before I accepted to go over i told him “ Wouldn’t it be weird to see each other again since I already said bye?” He replied “ I was jot seeing it like that.” Things got awkward and we ended up not meeting up. But then he reached out that Sunday. I went over and we were fine. We chatted for over an hour and had a really good time together.

That that was the last time I heard from him... its been 12 days since we last met up ( this is the longest he has gone with out reaching out to me since we started our fwb “relationship)

I am left in limbo... I don’t know if he ended it on his end that Sunday, I am 90% sure he did not take the job ( we have friends in common), or if he thinks I wanted to end it so badly that he just giving me space. I feel like if I text him now I will come off as needy and crazy lol!

Either way it sucks to be “ghosted” and have to deal with what feels like a breakup without closure lol!

TL;DR been 12 days since my fwb last reached out. Is it “normal” to feel like I am going through a breakup?!!!

So I'm in my 30s and just broke up with my bf. We were together for 7 years and was my first serious relationship. We got into an argument that turned out for the worst. I was really hurt when he told me that he had no plans to marry. :( But honestly, I could see that coming. In my heart, I can feel that he has no plans for me. At times, he would be insensitive and even gaslight & invalidate my feelings. I guess I just got tired and walked away this time. I was crying while driving which I know is bad but I feel so hurt from what happened.

I know I should not hurry but I think one of the reasons why I am afraid to breakup with him before is that I'm afraid that I won't be able to marry and have my own family. I am not getting any younger and I sometimes would feel a pinch when I see acquaintances getting married or having their own kids.

Have you found the one in your 30s? I am still feeling sad right now but maybe hearing your stories will help.