"The early days of dating Bernie had been euphoric. He made even the most ordinary moments - sitting on my couch, passing through the drive-thru, catching up after work - special and lighthearted. He nearly split me in half a few times with how hard he would make me laugh. However, even at the beginning of our relationship, I observed Bernie's attention was divided."
"On Thanksgiving, I spent all night massaging Bernie's aching back. He had health issues due to a serious injury he had suffered years before, and often thanked me for sharing "my gift of the healing arts" with him. After that night, he thanked me by ghosting me for three days. "That's not cool," I had told him. My friends encouraged me to disengage. Somehow Bernie flipped the script on me."
Early dating with Bernie felt euphoric and playful, with laughter and special ordinary moments. Attention was inconsistent from the start: slow text replies and abrupt FaceTime hangups attributed to a busy schedule. After massaging his aching back on Thanksgiving, he thanked me by ghosting for three days. When confronted he reframed neglect as his own need for compassion and positioned himself as the one deserving care because of health problems and multiple jobs. Social media interactions and a public hug at a wake triggered suspicion of another woman. Direct questioning of his fidelity received a rhetorical, dismissive reply.
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