HopeDreamSenior Contributor
Recent Breakup
Hello,
I just wanted to share how things have been going for me lately. Recently, I broke up with my boyfriend, and we weren't together for very long, but we had a really meaningful connection that I valued a lot. He was someone that I could talk to about anything, and I felt really safe and secure around him. However, he and I had fundamentally different beliefs that inevitably caused conflict in our relationship - essentially, I got offended by a joke he made about women not being good drivers, which made me realise that he has more conservative/traditional beliefs, whereas I have more progressive/modern beliefs. When I told him how his "joke" offended me, he said it was "just a joke", and that was when I ended things with him. It wasn't just this - he is homophobic as well, and believes that women should be tidy and well-presented.
It makes me really sad because I thought he would be someone that I could spend the rest of my life with. And it feels like a big part of me is missing now, like the foundation on which I'm standing on is crumbling.
If anyone has any tips/advice/words of encouragement, I'd really appreciate it. This whole situation has gotten me down and all forms of support would help me a lot during this time.
- HopeDream
