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Unrequited love
All Woman, Confessions
 on June 9, 2015

Unrequited love

BY NICOLE NATION 

Since the publication of a similar piece a few weeks ago, more and more people have been sharing their stories of the worst reaction they’ve got to saying ‘I love you’ to someone who didn’t share their affections.

Here are some more stories:

Jacette,34:

I told this guy once that I loved him, and he replied ‘ditto’.

Rachel, 29:

These guys nowadays, all they do is play mind games. I remember telling this one guy that I loved him and he looked me in the eyes and told me that he never meant to take it that far.

Yvonne, 33:

I have had one man just get up and leave. No explanation, no nothing. Haven’t heard from him since.

Sharon, 30:

I was in a long distance relationship with this man and so over the phone before we ended our call, I told him that I loved him. There was a long pause on the other end, then he hung up the phone. I tried calling him thinking that his battery died or something,  but I soon realised that he had blocked my number.

Alicia, 24:

I have had one guy tell me straight out, ‘I love me too!’

Akeem, 28:

Once I said it to a woman, then she  just went silent for the rest of the night.

Tyrone, 27:

I have got a raised eyebrow before as well as, ‘Oh zeen’.

Richard, 32:

I said it to a woman once and she told me she had to go tell her mother.

Eric, 26:

After I told a girl this once, she said to me flat out, ‘Well then mi sorry fi you!’ Then she burst out laughing.

Catherine, 32:

I have gotten ‘me too’.

Diane, 39:

I have got the polite smile.

Dana, 26:

I have chosen to just pretend he didn’t say it and just continued eating my dinner.

Michael, 27:

Once a girlfriend of mine laughed at me and then proceeded to ask me if I was making a joke.

Shanique, 25:

‘I don’t love you, at least not yet’. He said that he was not at that place in his life.

Marcus, 27:

‘I like you too.’

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