I Couldn’t Do It On My Own
My boyfriend and I had decided to move in together, so I gave my notice to my landlord. I lived in a college town, so my landlord called the next person on the waiting list, and they signed a lease that day. My now ex-boyfriend was living in a rented room and hadn’t yet given his landlord his notice.
When I saw him that night, he said he would have to call his landlord in the morning because it was the last day he could give notice without having to pay rent for the coming month. We needed his portion of the rent, along with mine, to afford the new apartment.
We got into an argument that night, and I decided to go home to cool off. The next day he was unreachable. It didn’t bother me too much, as I had a full day. I called him the next day, and he sounded fine. Then he waited almost a week—and then told me something that made my heart stop.
He offhandedly mentioned that he didn’t call the landlord, so he couldn’t move in with me. He knew I didn’t have the money to move into the new apartment on my own.
I asked him why he didn’t call and give his notice that day, and he said it was because I didn’t seem too worried about it when I argued with him that night. I broke up with him right then and there.
The funniest part was that he was SHOCKED. Two weeks later, I was living on the other side of the state and ignoring his letters. Story credit: Reddit / Blameking27