A Delayed Breakup
Although it’s easy to rag on people who are bad partners, sometimes there are legitimate reasons for their inattentiveness. This guy had a rough home life during high school and wasn’t able to give his then-girlfriend the attention she deserved and wanted. They ended up breaking up, but our storyteller found out much later that she put way more effort into the relationship than he did.
On the last day of school, he discovered a ton of notes from his ex stuffed into the locker he had never used. Turns out, she was trying to work things out with him the whole time, and he never got the message. The last note she slipped into his locker was a breakup note. She had dumped him way beforehand, and he had no idea. Didn’t she realize he never got her notes…?