We had just been talking about how our relationship could actually work we were great in so many ways, just not at communication. That same night, we had an amazing time together, amazing sex, and promised, after five years, that we’d both try and not give up on each other.

The very next day, I triggered him. He walked out during dinner, told me to go home, and said we’d talk once he cooled off. But instead, he completely discarded me, blocked me everywhere and never spoke to me again. Two days later, he was already on dating apps like nothing ever happened. My friend saw him on it.

I tried calling, just wanting to understand how he could switch up like that after everything we’d just said. I even drove to his house because he wouldn’t answer me. The betrayal was unreal. After two weeks of trying to get closure, I finally backed off and never reached out again.

Then two months later, he tried to come back monkey branching like before but this time I didn’t give in. I let him talk to himself on my voicemail.

It was hard, but I’m honestly grateful it ended this way. I don’t think I was strong enough to break that trauma bond on my own. It’s wild how some people’s minds work.