Dumped, spurned, rejected by love
THOSE who have experienced it may tell you that nothing is more agonising than being rejected by a love interest. To be spurned after you have spent days, months, maybe years yearning can be devastating, as the readers below recount.
Chantal S:
In my case I tried to win him back after he broke up with me. I went to his house and his mother was accommodating, but when I asked him to consider giving it another shot he looked me in my eyes and turned his back, picked up his wallet, said he had found someone else, and walked out. He sent a text telling me to leave his home as he was taking the new girl to meet his mother.
Ricardo H:
I liked this popular girl in high school and I finally plucked up the courage to tell her my feelings and asked if I could get to know her better. She stood staring at me, and when I had finished pouring out my heart, she said, “Excuse me, do I know you?”
Alicia M:
“You’re not my type, you’re too fat”, was what he shouted at me in PE class in third form when we had a joint session. I can never forget because I eventually lost weight and he came knocking on my door, which I gladly closed on him.
Matthew B:
I can laugh at it now, but I had really liked a particular girl and she said she liked me too; however, after leaving her house she sent a text to my phone saying she wanted a permanent break from the relationship and I was never to call her again. I felt confused because she had sat smiling and flirting with me and then just kicked me to the kerb through one text.
Natasha T:
In college there was this guy I would always end up doing group work with and we would converse daily through e-mails. That was the thing then. However, I decided to be bold and fearless and told him I liked him and I was interested. He said I should think about what I said and if I didn’t realise he had only befriended me to get good grades.
Shane G:
In my late 20s I suffered terrible rejection. I thought a girl I was with actually liked me, until she told me the relationship was just because of my sexual prowess and she couldn’t be bothered anymore. I liked her a lot, and it really affected me because you usually hear of men using women for sex, not the other way around.
Katelyn S:
It was about two years ago that I agreed to Skype someone who I had a crush on for quite some time. He asked me if I liked him and I said yes. Then across Skype he told me that when I have on my ‘face’ (make-up) I look way better than when I chose not to put it on. He went on to say further that he couldn’t be in a relationship with me or be friends with me because of the fright he might get waking up and seeing the bags under my eyes.
Mark A:
We had a long-distance relationship and she visited me one summer. We had sex, spent time together, and I believed all was well. I dropped her at the airport and when she got home she called and said I should never speak to her ever again. I wondered what could have caused her to say so, but she literally cut me off while I thought all was well.
— Kimberley Hibbert
