He used the 10th anniversary of his mother’s death to break up with me, claiming that “everything he loved got taken away or died” and he was so fearful of this happening that he couldn’t fully love me. I was devastated until I learned from a mutual friend that he used the break up and anniversary to get back with his ex-girlfriend. He tearfully told his ex-girlfriend that I broke up with him because I couldn’t bear to console him through the anniversary.

—KJW

Aftermath: It took a really long time, but we’re friends now.

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