Why Doesn’t He Love Me Anymore
Why must all good things come to an end? About the painful journey of lovers becoming strangers.
I can’t tell you how many times I sat on our the couch, bawling my eyes out about something he didn’t do. Or about something hurtful he had said. I’d cry about all of the things he didn’t do that were so important to me. And the many times I asked myself how he could possibly forget. How could he forget the dinner reservations at my favorite restaurant? Why am I sitting alone at home while he’s enjoying beers with his guys?
But It Used To Be So Good
We had been great friends for many years before we got romantically involved. I trusted him with all my heart, and it was the same for him. When we first kissed, I knew I was going to get married and have his kids. We were in our mid-twenties and had the mutual feeling that we were going to settle down after university. We had such an awesome time together and we’d have the best sex ever. He made me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world.
We would have these great conversations, the ones you never want to end. The ones where you don’t care that it’s almost three o’clock in the morning, because, time is not an issue, getting up for class in three hours is so far away — only the moment…
