This is an update of a thread which can be found here
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=183098
called “I Love You, But I’ll Be Leaving You In Two Years”
It was closed at my request, but since so many of you took the trouble to post in that thread, and some have communicated with me via e-mail, I asked Arnold for permission to update you and to close the whole thing out, as it were…
As I stated in the thread, I had decided to stay in the relationship until it ended with her moving away, but events in the last week changed my mind, and I have decided to end things on my own.
She left to go on vacation with her kids last Thursday. Since we both work the same shift that only left us the weekend before to spend time together (we only have the same off days every other weekend). I decided to not ask if she were coming over and let her take the initiative. Didn’t hear from her all weekend. No “sorry, can’t make it”, no nothing. If you are asking yourselves, “well why didn’t you call her?”, the answer is that I’m always the one who suggests we see each other. I wanted her to do it this time. I needed to know if she cared enough about me to be with me before she left for her two week vacation.
We worked the same shift the Wednesday before she left Thursday morning and she came to my office where I was doing some paperwork and sat down. I stopped what I was doing and waited… and waited…Finally she said “I’ll catch you later”, got up and walked down the hall. No words of explanation. Nothing.
I let her walk. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. As I stated in the other thread, the relationship hasn’t always been honey and roses, but we always seemed to be able to work things out before.
So that’s it. I’ll start dating again and hopefully will find someone who will pay some attention to me for a change.
Thanks to those of you who responded in the first thread, and if you thought it couldn’t last much longer, well, you were right.
And yes, I got the tattoo. Those 5 years meant something to me and I will always think of her fondly.
Quasi