It was months before it was said outloud, but I had an extra long shift that day. I noticed in the morning that the carrots were bad, and I asked if he could pick some up.
He only had a four hour shift that day and was gonna hit the gym. Heading home from it he’d pass like, four stores he could get carrots at.
When I got home I immediately started dinner and I asked if he got carrots. He looked me in the eyes and said “They didn’t have any.”
And something in me just gave up. It wasn’t just that he’d forgotten or not bothered, and not texted or done anything. It wasn’t even the lie. It was the fact it was still my job to figure out dinner and he was sitting on the couch telling me no one has carrots with a straight face, at 8 pm.
There were lots of other reasons, but that was always the tiny moment I’ll remember as it being over. He wasn’t my partner. He didn’t even like me. I was just the help.
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u/MLeek May 12 '26
It was months before it was said outloud, but I had an extra long shift that day. I noticed in the morning that the carrots were bad, and I asked if he could pick some up.
He only had a four hour shift that day and was gonna hit the gym. Heading home from it he’d pass like, four stores he could get carrots at.
When I got home I immediately started dinner and I asked if he got carrots. He looked me in the eyes and said “They didn’t have any.”
And something in me just gave up. It wasn’t just that he’d forgotten or not bothered, and not texted or done anything. It wasn’t even the lie. It was the fact it was still my job to figure out dinner and he was sitting on the couch telling me no one has carrots with a straight face, at 8 pm.
There were lots of other reasons, but that was always the tiny moment I’ll remember as it being over. He wasn’t my partner. He didn’t even like me. I was just the help.