I dated you for what felt like a lifetime. I thought I couldn't leave and you had me convinced of the same thing. You'll never find anyone better than me, You'll never amount to anything, or nobody will ever want you is just a few examples of what you told me. I'm so glad I stopped believing that.
At first, you felt like everything I ever wanted and you did that on purpose. You made me comfortable with you and made yourself look like my saving grace. You told me everything I wanted to hear. I was so happy until a few months down the road. You started to disrespect me. You always accused me of cheating. You wouldn't let me have any social media because it would cause me to cheat. You would not allow me to hang out with my friends because you thought they would convince me to cheat on you. You wanted to control me.
You constantly told me to lose weight. I lost weight and your comeback was,"What? In your fingers." The disrespect was just the beginning. You started to disrespect my parents. They would ask you simple questions and you would catch an attitude with them. You wanted to keep me away from them as well. You even kept me away from them on Thanksgiving and I should have left you then.
You accused me of cheating on you, but yet you cheated on me. You were always in denial of this. I would confront you and show you the proof and you acted as if it never happened. I took you back the first time and you did it once again. You always blamed me for it. It was always my fault that you cheated because "I couldn't change." I wasn't the cheater so, therefore, I was not the problem.
After three years of this, this icing on the cake was when you didn't tell me Happy Birthday. I should have left when you didn't take me out for Valentine's or when you cheated not just once but twice. When you started to control me, I should have left. When you kept me away from my friends, I should have left. I finally left after three years and I will never regret that,
Here I am almost a year later out of misery. I am dating someone else. I am so happy. Every time I go out with friends, he tells me to be careful and to have fun. My family loves him and he loves to be around them. He encourages me to have social media so he can share memes with me.
Since I left you, my life has been so much better. Leaving you was the best decision I made.