Last text from my ex: “I never understood why he was unwilling to commit”

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Relationships


Last text from my ex: “I never understood why he was unwilling to commit”

By Anonymous

2 years ago

4 min read

There is nothing straightforward about a breakup. Whether you split on the best of terms (rare, but lovely) or your relationship crumbles under unreconcilable strain (common, but subjective), we all have a story that has shaped us. Ahead, executive editor Jazmin Kopotsha asks an anonymous woman to invite us into one of her most sacred spaces (her phone) to experience how a significant relationship ended, and how she recovered in the aftermath.  


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